Atmetonychus peregrinus (Olivier)

Taxonomic position

Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Brachyderini

Habitat / Crop(s) damaged

Known to be a pest of foliage and tender shoots of potato in Orissa. Important pest of Terminalia arjuna and T. tomentosa, which are primary food plants of the tasar silkworm Antheraea mylitta, in Bihar.

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