BIOLOGICAL AND ETHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CALLISPHYRIS MACROPUS NEWMAN (COLEOPTERA: CERAMBY CIDAE) IN CURRANTS (RIBES NIGRUM AND RIBES RUBRUM)
ASPECTOS BIOLÓGICOS Y ETOLÓGICOS DE CALLISPHYRIS MACROPUS NEWMAN (COLEOPTERA: CERAMBYCIDAE) EN ZARZAPARRILLA (RIBES NIGRUM Y RIBES RUBRUM)
Author
Carrillo, R.
Neira, M.
Cifuentes, C.
Mundaca, N.
Abstract
The seasonal cycle of Callisphyris macropus Newman (Coleóptera: Cerambyddae), under field conditions is described in this árdele. Samples were obtained from commercial plots of gooseberry, blaek currantand red currant in the IX and X Región, Chile. In currant, C macropus presents a biennial cycle. Ethologicalaspeets of oviposidon and larval behaviour in Ribes nigrum are indicated.