Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) en la zona central y sur oeste de misiones, Argentina: polen como fuente alimenticia y su relación con el estado fisiológico en insectos adultos

Host feeding plants of adult boll weevils (Anthonomus grandis Boheman) were determined within the period: January 1997 - December 1999. This took place through the identification of pollen grains, isolated from the digestive tracts of boll weevils captured in pheromone traps placed in a transect line which passes through the localities of Montecarlo, San Ignacio, Candelaria and the Capital in the province of Misiones. Cotton has not been cultivated for five years in that province, nevertheless important populations of weevils still remain during the whole year. About 1,360 weevils were dissect...