Internal anatomoy of digestive system of different stages of the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (oliv.) ( coleoptera : curculionidae ) [electronic resource].

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The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Oliv.) is a notorious insect pest of palm trees especially date palm, worldwide. The understanding of digestive system anatomy and function is essential for advanced techniques of pest management such as entomopathogenic agents and enzyme inhibitors. Structure of the larval and adult digestive system is described. The crop of adult stage has several spine-like structures on its internal surface. The results of these study revealed that the alimentary canal was structurally adapted to breaking, grinding and digest its food for extracting and obtaining its nutritional requirements.

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