Citation:

5-9 Coleoptera pests. Pages 347-410. In: Dennis S Hill. 1975. Agricultural Insect Pests of the Tropics and their Control. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England UK, 516 pages.

Keywords: chafer grub Schizonycha Africana, sugarcane whitegrub Cochliotis melolonthoides, coconut rhinoceros beetle Oryctes boas, O. Monoceros, O. rhinoceros, yam beetle Prionoryctes caniculus, black maize beetle Heteronychus licas, H. consimilis, cigarette beetle Lasioderma serricorne, black borers Apate monachus, A. indistincta, saw-toothed grain beetle Oryzaephilus surinamensis, merchant grain beetle O. mercator, Epilachna beetle, Mexican bean beetle Epilachna similis, E. fulvosignata, E.hirta, E. varivestis, red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, dusty brown beetle Gonocephalum simplex, striped blister beetle Epicauta albovittata, flower beetles Mylabris spp., pollen beetles Coryna spp., white coffee borer Anthores leuconotus, yellow headed stem borer Dirphya nigricornis, cashew stem girdler Paranaleptes reticulate, bean bruchid Acanthoscelides obtectus, cowpea bruchids Callosobruchus

chinensis, C. maculatus, tortis beetles Aspidomorpha spp., grap colaspis Colaspis brunnea, banana fruit-scarring beetle Coilaspis hypochlora, Colorado beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata, brown leaf beetle Ootheca mutabilis, maize tassle beetle Megalognatha rufiventris, spotted cucumber beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata, flea beetles Phyllotreta spp., rice hispid Trichispa sericea, rice hispa Dicladispa armigera, rice leaf beetle Oulema oryzae, maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais, rice weevil S. oryzae, mango seed weevil Sternochetus mangiferae, palm weevils Rhynchophorus phoenicis, R. ferrugineus, R. palmarum, sisal weevil Schyphophorus interstitialis, rice water weevil Lissoroptrus oryzophilus, tea root weevil Aperitmetus brunneus, striped sweet potato weevil Alcidodes dentipes, cotton boll weevil Anthonomus grandis, banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus, cashew weevil Mecocorynus loripes, white-fringed weevil Graphognathus spp., coconut weevils Diocalandra taitense, D. frumenti, shiny cereal weevils Nematocerus spp., systates weevil Systates pollinosus, sweet potato weevils Cylas puncticollis, C. formicarius, coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei