Cyrtobagous salviniae
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cyrtobagous-salviniae-233-1665521
title:
Cyrtobagous salviniae
text:
Cyrtobagous salviniae is a species of weevil known as the salvinia weevil. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious aquatic plant giant salvinia. The adult weevil is about 2 millimeters long. It is brown in color during its first few days of adult life and soon turns shiny black. The female lays over 300 eggs one by one in the lower leaves and rhizomes of the salvinia plant. The larva is white in color and about 4 millimeters long. It burrows through rhizomes and fee
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description:
Species of beetle
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrtobagous_salviniae
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date modified:
2020-11-08T01:00:02Z
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