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compact, red, velvety, 6 spots on thorax. L. 25-30 mm. Bores in palms,
specially coconut. C. sordidus. Elongate, black, big sloping thorax. L, 10-
12 mm. Attacks plantain stems at roots. C. oryzae (Rice weevil). Small 3-4
mm. Brownish black, cylindrical, beak curved. Feed and breed in grain
stores in both larval and adult stage. Cosmopolitan. C, stigmaticollis.
Minute, dark. Bores in stems of coconut in Ratnagiri District.
See Ayyar T. V. R, (1922) Bull. 125 Agr. Res. Inst, Pusa Weevil
fauna of S, I
Fletcher T. B (1919) Rep. Proc. 3rd Ento, Meet. Pusa Annotated list of
crop pests.
Gardner J. C. M. (1934-38) Ind. For Rec. 20 and N. S. 3 Immature
stages.
Gardner J. C. M. (1931-38) Ind. For. Rec. 16. Ent. / and 3 New Indian
Curculionidae.
Tarn. Platypodidae (Pinhole and shot hole borers). Small weevils with
rostrum short. Fitting tightly in the galleries they bore in logs or
ussceptible trees. Legless larvae also found in similar galleries. About
5,000 species known, a large number found in the Indian region, but not
fully, systematically recorded or described. About 5 recorded lasers in
Maharashtra.
Refer Beeson C. F. C. (1914) Ind. For. Rec. 14:209 Biology of the genus
Xyleborus.
Stebbing E, P. (1907) J. Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc, 18:18 Effect of moonlight on
the attack of shoot borers.
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