Anthonomus Morticinus

	Anthonomus Morticinus ''Anthonomus morticinus'' is a weevil native to Brazil. Its host plant is '' Solanum mauritianum'' and it is being considered as a potential biocontrol agent for this plant in South Africa. References Curculioninae Beetles of Brazil {{Curculioninae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Solanum Mauritianum ''Solanum mauritianum'' is a small tree or shrub native to South America, including Northern Argentina, Southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Its common names include earleaf nightshade (or "ear-leaved nightshade"), woolly nightshade, flannel weed, bugweed, tobacco weed, tobacco bush, wild tobacco and kerosene plant. Description The woolly nightshade is a multi-branched shrub or small tree between 2 and 4 meters high (but can grow up to tall in the right conditions). The plant has a strong odor and a life span of up to thirty years. The simple, entire, ovate-elliptical large leaves are up to 40 centimeters long, 30 centimeters wide and are grey-green in color. The tip of the leaf is pointed, the base is wedge-shaped. They sit on 3 to 9 centimeters long petioles. They are dense, tomentose with hairy yellowish, long-stemmed, star-shaped trichomes. Inflorescence The slightly scented inflorescences are cymes of purple single flowers with a yellow center and sit on 15 centimete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Curculioninae The beetle subfamily Curculioninae is part of the weevil family Curculionidae. It contains over 23,500 described species in 2,200 genera, and is therefore the largest weevil subfamily. Given that the beetle order (Coleoptera) contains about one-quarter of all known organisms, the Curculioninae represent one of the – if not ''the'' – most successful radiations of terrestrial Metazoa. Many weevils of this group are commonly known as flower weevils or acorn and nut weevils, after a food commonly eaten by Curculioninae larvae and imagines — the reproductive organs of plants. Systematics This large subfamily is divided into around 30 tribes. Delimitation of the Curculioninae is fairly robust considering its enormous size; there is some dispute, however, in their exact boundary with the Molytinae. The Phrynixini and Trypetidini are also included in the Curculioninae by some authors, but more often they are considered Molytinae; conversely, the Itini are usuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]