Species Coelocephalapion pigrae Kissinger, 1992

Museums

Regional Maps

• Coelocephalapion pigrae Kissinger, D.G. 1992. Apionidae from North and Central America. Part 4. Generic classification and introduction to the genus Coelocephalapion Wagner, with new species from Mexico and Venezuela (Coleoptera). Insecta Mundi. Vol. 6. 65-77 pp. [74].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Biological control agent, first released in Australia in 1994.

Introduced from Neotropical region.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: florivore (associated flora: Mimosa pigra L. [FABACEAE] Mimosa, Giant Sensitive Plant), folivore (associated flora: Mimosa pigra L. [FABACEAE] Mimosa, Giant Sensitive Plant).

Larva: florivore (associated flora: Mimosa pigra L. [FABACEAE] Mimosa, Giant Sensitive Plant).

 

General References

Heard, T.A. & Forno, W.I. 1996. Host selection and host range of the flower-feeding weevil, Coelocephalapion pigrae, a potential biological control agent of Mimosa pigra. Biological Control 6: 83-95

Ostermeyer, N. & Grace, B.S. 2007. Establishment, distribution and abundance of Mimosa pigra biological control agents in northern Australia: implications for biological control. BioControl (Dordrecht) 52: 703-720 [713; Table 1]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020	POLYPHAGA	01-Jul-2020	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
17-Feb-2015	BRENTIDAE Billberg, 1820	06-Dec-2019	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall
21-Nov-2012		01-Jul-2020	MODIFIED
04-Oct-2012		01-Jul-2020	MODIFIED
		17-Nov-2010	ADDED