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Red Palm
Weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) is the
most dangerous and deadly pest of date, coconut, oil, sago and
other palms.
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Scincetific name: Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier)
Common name: Red Palm Weevil
and/or Asian Palm Weevil and Indian palm weevil.
There are other
species of this genus as follows:
Rhynchophorus
bilineatus, Rhynchophorus cruentatus,
Rhynchophorus palmarum, Rhynchophorus papuanus,
Rhynchophorus phoenicis, Rhynchophorus schach, Rhynchophorus
vulneratus.
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