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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia
2019-01-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085562618301328 |