EPPO Global Database

Metamasius hemipterus(METAHE)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Phoenix canariensis (PHXCA) Major host
* Giblin-Davis RM, Peña JE, Duncan RE (1994) Lethal trap for evaluation of semiochemical mediated attraction of Metamasius hemipterus sericeus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Florida Entomologist 77, 247-255.
Ananas comosus (ANHCO) Host
Bactris (1BCTG) Host
Bactris gasipaes (BCTGA) Host
* Alpízar D, Fallas M, Oehlschlager AC, Gonzalez LM, Chinchilla CM, Bulgarelli J (2002) Pheromone mass trapping of the West Indian sugarcane weevil and the American palm weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Palmito palm. Florida Entomologist 85, 426-430

* Zorzenon FJ, Bergmann EC, Bicudo JE (2000) Primeira ocorrência de Metamasius hemipterus (Linnaeus, 1758) e Metamasius ensirostris (Germar, 1824)(Coleoptera, Curculionidae) em palmiteiros dos gêneros Euterpe e Bactris (Arecaceae) no Brasil. Arquivos do Instituto Biológico 67, 265-268.
Carica papaya (CIAPA) Host
Cocos nucifera (CCNNU) Host
Elaeis guineensis (EAIGU) Host
* Dionisio LF, Lima AC, de Morais EG, Correia RG, dos Santos AV, Ximenes CD (2015) Distribuição espacial de Metamasius hemipterus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) em plantio de dendê (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) em Roraima. Revista Agroambiente On-line, Boa Vista, 9(3) 327-336.  https://doi.org/10.18227/1982-8470ragro.v9i3.2517
Euterpe edulis (ETQED) Host
* Zorzenon FJ, Bergmann EC, Bicudo JE (2000) Primeira ocorrência de Metamasius hemipterus (Linnaeus, 1758) e Metamasius ensirostris (Germar, 1824)(Coleoptera, Curculionidae) em palmiteiros dos gêneros Euterpe e Bactris (Arecaceae) no Brasil. Arquivos do Instituto Biológico 67, 265-268.
Hyophorbe verschaffeltii (HFBVE) Host
* Giblin-Davis RM, Peña JE, Duncan RE (1994) Lethal trap for evaluation of semiochemical mediated attraction of Metamasius hemipterus sericeus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Florida Entomologist 77, 247-255.
Iriartea deltoidea (IRTDE) Host
Manihot esculenta (MANES) Host
Musa (1MUBG) Host
* Fancelli M, Borges AL, Ritzinger CHSP, Silva D dos S, Ringenberg R (2012) [Metamasius hemipterus L. as a pest of bananas cv. Terra]. Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura 34(3), 944-946

*Roman Posligua VA, Rojas Rojas JA, Mendoza KJ (2017) Evaluation of four types of traps for monitoring Metamasius hemipterus L.(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in barraganete plantain. Ctro. Agr.,  Santa Clar 44(3), 91-93.
Musa x paradisiaca (MUBPA) Host
Oenocarpus bacaba (OECBA) Host
* Anonymous (2018) Principaux organismes nuisibles par plantes hôtes en Guyane. Direction de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation et de la Forêt de Guyane - Service de l'Alimentation, 68 pp.
------- In French Guiana.
Oenocarpus bataua (IESBA) Host
* Vaurie P (1966) A revision of the neotropical genus Metamasius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Rhynchophorinae). Species grups I and II. Bulletin American Museum Natural History 131, 213 – 337. 
------- as Jessenia bataua.
Phoenix roebelenii (PHXRO) Host
Psidium guajava (PSIGU) Host
Ptychosperma macarthurii (PPMMA) Host
* Giblin-Davis RM, Peña JE, Duncan RE (1994) Lethal trap for evaluation of semiochemical mediated attraction of Metamasius hemipterus sericeus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Florida Entomologist 77, 247-255.
Ravenea rivularis (RVNRI) Host
* Giblin-Davis RM, Peña JE, Duncan RE (1994) Lethal trap for evaluation of semiochemical mediated attraction of Metamasius hemipterus sericeus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Florida Entomologist 77, 247-255.
Roystonea borinquena (ROYBO) Host
Roystonea regia (ROYRE) Host
* Giblin-Davis RM, Peña JE, Duncan RE (1994) Lethal trap for evaluation of semiochemical mediated attraction of Metamasius hemipterus sericeus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Florida Entomologist 77, 247-255.
Saccharum officinarum (SACOF) Host
Sorghum bicolor (SORVU) Host
Washingtonia robusta (WATRO) Host
* Giblin-Davis RM, Peña JE, Duncan RE (1994) Lethal trap for evaluation of semiochemical mediated attraction of Metamasius hemipterus sericeus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Florida Entomologist 77, 247-255.
Zea mays (ZEAMX) Host