Bruchus rufimanus

Boheman, 1833

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Common name (English)

Broadbean weevil; Broadbean beetle; Broadbean seed beetle

Ηabitat

I1 Arable

J1 Buildings

Global distribution

Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China) 373 0; North America 132 0; Oceania 131 0

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Establishment status

Indoors

Establishment status detail

Alien:

Impacts

Negative

From broad beans (Morris 1937; Georghiou 1977); Vivia faba [...]Production is limited by a number of pests and diseases, the most important of these being insect pests, including [...] seed beetles (Bruchus rufimanus) (Photiades and Alexandrou 1978).

Online resource

http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=7…

Pathway

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Food contaminant – Food

References

Morris HM (1937) Injurious insects of Cyprus. Agricultural Department of Cyprus, Bulletin 4 (Ent. Ser. ) 21 pp.

Georghiou GP (1977) The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals. Benaki Phytopathological Institute. Kiphissia, Athens Greece 347 pp.

Photiades J, Alexandrou G (1987) Food Legume Research and Production in Cyprus. Food Legume Improvement and Development. Proceedings of a workshop held at The University of Aleppo, Syria, 2-7 May 1978.