| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| : | 2009 |
| Authors: | N. Gompel, Piry, S., Desnouhes, L., Ham, L. Tan, Yavercovski, N., Gauthier, P., Le Clainche, N., Grillas, P. |
| Journal: | Biocosme Mésogéen |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Pagination: | 111-123 |
| Date Published: | 2009 |
| : | 0762-6428 |
| : | Sharpia rubida |
| : | In the course of a study on Cressa cretica, an endangered plant living in transient salt marshes, we detected a parasitism involving the rare weevil Sharpia rubida The consequences for the reproduction of the Plant may be dramatic, since up to about 90% of the flower buds are destroyed Oviposition and larval development of Sharpia rubida occur in the flower buds between the end of July and the end of August. The fourth-instar larvae pupate in the soil Adults emerge in September and overwinter in the surrounding vegetation. |
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