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First record of

Tanymecus dilaticollis

on maize seedlings in Greece

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Cultural methods can be applied in an

effort to reduce the weevil population, in-

cluding time of sowing, crop rotation (maize

is necessary to alternate with cereals) and

plant density. Growers who would have to

sow in early April 2011 in the same fields as

in 2010 were instructed to use seeds dressed

with insecticides in order to protect the

emerging corn seedlings from the pest.

We would like to thank our colleague D. Tzele-

pidis for his technical assistance.

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Received: 4 October 2011; Accepted: 20 June 2012

ΣΥΝΤΟΜΗ ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ

Tanymecus dilaticollis

(Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Νέα

καταγραφή του εντόμου σε καλλιέργεια αραβοσίτου στην

Ελλάδα

Σ. Παπαδοπούλου

Περίληψη

Το είδος

Tanymecus dilaticollis Gyllenhal

, 1834, καταγράφηκε για πρώτη φορά να προκαλεί

σοβαρή καταστροφή σε νεαρά φυτάρια αραβοσίτου, στην περιοχή του Αγίου Αθανασίου στη Βόρεια

Ελλάδα, το έτος 2010. Παρατηρήθηκε ότι το έντομο συμπληρώνει μία γενεά το έτος στον αραβόσιτο

και η προσβολή ευνοείται από υψηλές θερμοκρασίες.

Hellenic Plant Protection Journal

5:

65-67, 2012