Study of Lixus angustatus at Union Council Harichand Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

Abstract

Lixus angustatus having long, slender and slim instars, chrysalis and adult are consequently adoptive to mine the stem of herbaceous plants even though a few species attack the roots and buds. Female having long rostrums which are curved in shape in such a way that eggs are placed in the interior of the herbaceous stem species of Lixus has been to a broad spectrum of plant families that provide suitable oviposition sites. The total length of the Lixus angustatus is 17mm. Antennae 4mm, rostrum 3mm, head 1mm, thorax 3mm, abdomen 10mm.