Adult Sitona crinitus H Coleoptera Curculionidae feeding preference on some legume species

Abstract

We determined the feeding preference under artificial infestation in plastic house conditions of Sitona crinitus Herbst on several legumes Beginning with the leastpreferred leguminous food and feed crops the order of feeding preference by Sitona was Vicia sativa Lens culinaris V ervilia Trifolium sativum Medicago sativa L cicera L Sativus L ochrus No significant differences in preference were found between V sativa L culinaris V ervilia and T sativum However there were significant differences in feeding preference P005 between these species and Lathyrus spp Cicer arietinum and Vicia faba were not hosts of S crinitus