The occurrence and biological characters of red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus in Fujian, China

摘要

R. ferrugineus is one of exotic insects attacking Palmae plants, especially to Phoenix canariensi, am important ornamental trees. The symptom of morphological characters of R. ferrugineus were described, the effect of the temperature on the development of this insect was studied. Based on the capture of R. ferrugineus adults by bait, we investigated the happen of the pest in Fujian.