Whitefringed Beetle

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Scientific name: Naupactus leucoloma (Boheman); Naupactus minor (Buchanan); Naupactus peregrinus (Buchanan)

 

Synonym: Graphognathus spp. (prior to 1995)

 

Common Name: whitefringed beetle; whitefringed weevil

 

Adult whitefringed beetle (Univ. of Florida).

Larva of the whitefringed beetle (Univ. of Florida).

 

Diagnostic summary

  • What they do to plants

- larvae eat broad cavities in storage roots, similar to white grubs.

- adults feed on leaves, producing notched or saw-toothed cuts on the outer margins.

  • The large white grubs are easily seen in the soil during land preparation or harvest.

  • They have a very broad host range, but are flightless and slow to spread.

 Taxonomy

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Biology and ecology

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