Syagrus calcaratus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Syagrus |
Species: | S. calcaratus
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Binomial name | |
Syagrus calcaratus (
Fabricius, 1775)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Syagrus calcaratus is a species of leaf beetle widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775, in his major work Systema entomologiae.
Syagrus calcaratus is a pest of cotton. The larvae attack the roots of the plant and cause it to wilt. [3] Other host plants for the species include Parinari curatellifolia. [4]
Syagrus calcaratus is recorded from Senegal, [5] Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, [6] Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan, [4] Gabon, Congo Republic, DR Congo, [7] Uganda, Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [2]
Syagrus calcaratus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Syagrus |
Species: | S. calcaratus
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Binomial name | |
Syagrus calcaratus (
Fabricius, 1775)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Syagrus calcaratus is a species of leaf beetle widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775, in his major work Systema entomologiae.
Syagrus calcaratus is a pest of cotton. The larvae attack the roots of the plant and cause it to wilt. [3] Other host plants for the species include Parinari curatellifolia. [4]
Syagrus calcaratus is recorded from Senegal, [5] Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, [6] Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan, [4] Gabon, Congo Republic, DR Congo, [7] Uganda, Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [2]