PRIVET BUG

[Derek Sikes]

(forgive if this message was posted twice)

Dr. Haldeman,

There is a weevil species introduced to North America that is reported from
privet:

Curculionidae: Callirhopalus bifasciatius (Roelofs)

the genus is originally from Mongolia, China and Siberia

weevil larvae are legless.

Derek Sikes

on 20-3-2001 10:50 AM, Dr. Janice Haldeman at haldeman at ERSKINE.EDU wrote:

> Does anyone have information about an insect that selectively lays its
> eggs in privet (Ligustrum sinensis) fruits?  Botany class is conducting
> germination tests on privet seed and have found batches of fruit (seed)
> where most are occupied by a single larva.

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Derek Sikes
Dept. of Ecology and Evol. Biology U-43
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269  USA

FAX: 860-486-6364

dss95002 at uconnvm.uconn.edu
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