椰心叶甲生活习性初探

椰心叶甲是我国林业检疫性有害生物之一，其幼虫和成虫隐藏于棕榈科植物未展开的新叶或狭窄的夹缝中危害，危害部分仅仅限于最幼嫩的心叶部分，叶展开后才离去，严重时可使植株死亡。文章对该虫各个虫态的形态特征进行了描述，并对其生活习性进行了初步的研究，为其防治提供理论依据。

Elementary Study on the Life Habits of Brontispa longissina(Gestro)(Coleoptera:Hispidae)

Brontispa longissina (Gestro) whose common name is palm heart leafminer or coconut leaf beetle,is one of important quarantine insects hiding in the new-born palm leaves or inside the narrow gap of palm leaves. The adults or larvae cause damage to the tender leaves of palm until the leaves stretch out and become hard. Finally, It results in the trees which were damaged dead. This paper studied on morphological characters and life habits of this kind of insect in order to control it.;