Bollettino di zoologia agraria e bachicoltura

Vol. 37 No. 2 (2005): Serie 2
Appunti e segnalazioni

On the presence of Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera Bostrychidae) in Italy

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  • Pompeo Suma,
  • Agatino Russo
Pompeo Suma
Università degli Studi di Catania
Agatino Russo
Università degli Studi di Catania

Published 2024-09-25

How to Cite

Suma, P., & Russo, A. (2005). On the presence of Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera Bostrychidae) in Italy. Bollettino Di Zoologia Agraria E Bachicoltura, 37(2), 135–139. Retrieved from https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/bzab/article/view/26582

Abstract

The larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus (Hom), one of the main pests of stored grain in tropical and subtropical areas, widely diffused in Africa on maize cobs and dried cassava, is recorded for the first time in Italy, in a bakery of eastern Sicily. Some data on the biology, morphology and distribution are provided.

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