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Acythopeus cocciniae
(Curculionidae)
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Taxonomy & nomenclature
Acythopeus cocciniae information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Acythopeus cocciniae, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
Risk assessments
Field release of Acythopeus cocciniae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a nonindigenous leaf-mining weevil for control of ivy gourd, Coccinia grandis (Cucurbitaceae), in Guam and Saipan 
The environmental assessment of proposed biocontrol of ivy gourd was prepared by USDA APHIS (2003).
Biocontrol (potential for use as)
Biological control of ivy gourd, Coccinia grandis (Cucurbitaceae), in Hawaii
Chun, Marianne E. 2002. Biological control of ivy gourd, Coccinia grandis (Cucurbitaceae), in Hawaii. pp. 8-12 in Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages. from http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/techr/129.pdf accessed 16 March 2008.
Introductions for biological control in Hawaii 1997-2001
Culliney, Thomas W., Walter T. Nagamine, and Kenneth K. Teramoto. 2003. Introductions for biological control in Hawaii 1997-2001. Proc. Hawaiian Entomol. Soc. (2003) 36:145-153.
Acythopeus cocciniae information (biocontrol in Hawaii) from HEAR.org
Information about Acythopeus cocciniae as it is relevant to biocontrol (biological control) efforts in Hawaii is provided by the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).
Images
Acythopeus cocciniae images (Starr)
Images of Acythopeus cocciniae (Curculionidae) (Coccinia grandis / ivy gourd weevil are provided by from Forest and Kim Starr.
Full-text articles
Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii
Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds.) . 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages.
Biological control of ivy gourd, Coccinia grandis (Cucurbitaceae), in Hawaii
Chun, Marianne E. 2002. Biological control of ivy gourd, Coccinia grandis (Cucurbitaceae), in Hawaii. pp. 8-12 in Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages. from http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/techr/129.pdf accessed 16 March 2008.
Introductions for biological control in Hawaii 1997-2001
Culliney, Thomas W., Walter T. Nagamine, and Kenneth K. Teramoto. 2003. Introductions for biological control in Hawaii 1997-2001. Proc. Hawaiian Entomol. Soc. (2003) 36:145-153.
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