Food consumption, developmental time and protein profile of the digestive system of the red palm weevil rhychophorus ferrugineus larvae (Coleoptera:Dryophthoridae)

Abstract

The red palm weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) is the most dangerous pest of major cultivated palms including coconut, oil palm and sago. The larvae are the main stage for the destruction of the palms as it destroys the heart of the palm cabbage which it is the food source.