First report of the exotic weevil Stenopelmus rufinasus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) occurrence in Iran

First report of the exotic weevil Stenopelmus rufinasus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) occurrence in Iran

The water fern weevil, Stenopelmus rufinasus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is considered as the most important biological control agent of Azolla spp. in the world. Azolla spp. was introduced in Iran in 1986. In August 2017, two specimens of S. rufinasus were collected on Azolla spp. in wat...

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Main Authors: Atousa Farahpour-Haghani, Ivo Tosiveski, Bijan Yaghoubi, Mahdi Jalaeian, Farzin Pouramir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tarbiat Modares 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Crop Protection
Subjects:
biological control
azolla spp.
weevil
guilan province
Online Access:http://jcp.modares.ac.ir/article-3-13320-en.html

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