• Source: Oxydema fusiforme
  • Oxydema fusiforme, commonly known as citrus flower beetle, is a species of weevil widely distributed in Indo-Pacific islands such as Sri Lanka, the Seychelles, Rodriguez Island, the Marquesas Islands, the Samoan Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, Guam Island, and Marcus Island.


    Biology


    Adult beetles are collected from a rotten log of Tournefortia argentea. The other host plants include, Aleurites moluccana and Pandanus odorifer. It is also an intermediate host of the nematode, Cheilospirura hamulosa.


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