Giant rhinoceros beetle Golofa claviger (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Dynastini) is damaging North Brazilian oil palm plantations

The oil palm is an economically important crop cultivated in the North of Brazil. Damage caused by insects is one of the main causes of reduced productivity for the oil palm. Before this research, only the beetles of the family Curculionidae were considered to be oil palm pests in Brazil. However, f...

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Main Authors: Marcely Valois, Ricardo Tinôco, Gilson Chia, Fernando Vaz-de-Mello, Paschoal Grossi, Fernando Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2019-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085562618301328

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