Image Number: 4723017

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Severely defoliated (bare twigs) upper crown of trees. Branch defoliation and twig dieback was caused by larval and adult feeding damages.
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Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Cyclominae
Tribe: Gonipterini
Genus: Oxyops
Subject: Oxyops vitiosa (Pascoe, 1870)

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Melaleuca
Subject: Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) Blake
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Image uploaded:
Tuesday, January 16, 2001
Image last updated:
Wednesday, February 28, 2001