Efecto del ácido tánico y del extracto de quebracho sobre el crecimiento de larvas del gorgojo rojo de las palmeras, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Abstract

The effects of two types of anti-nutritional tannins on the growth of R. ferrugineus larvae are evaluated. Larvae were fed during 15 days with diets that included tannins in their composition. Mortality and larvae weight was recorded. Larvae fed with thes