Amphicerus bicaudatus, known generally as the apple twig borer or grape cane borer, is a species of horned powder-post beetle in the family Bostrichidae.[1][2]

Amphicerus bicaudatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Bostrichidae
Genus: Amphicerus
Species:
A. bicaudatus
Binomial name
Amphicerus bicaudatus
(Say, 1824)
Synonyms[1]
  • Apate bicaudatus Say, 1824

Population dynamics edit

Allen et al., 1991 finds some periodicity and some chaos in its population dynamics while Allen et al., 1993 finds only periodicity and quasiperiodicity.[3] Both examine the interaction of beetle, insecticide, cane removal, and the grapevine host.[3] The 1991 model shows some chaotic solutions while 1993 never does.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Amphicerus bicaudatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ a b c This book... Kulenovic, Mustafa; Ladas, G. (2001). Dynamics of Second Order Rational Difference Equations. Chapman and Hall/CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-429-12278-1.: 128  ...cites these two studies: Allen, Linda; Strauss, Monty; Thorvilson, Harlan; Lipe, William (1991). "A preliminary mathematical model of the apple twig borer (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) and grapes on the Texas high plains". Ecological Modelling. 58. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.: 369–382. doi:10.1016/0304-3800(91)90046-4. ISSN 0304-3800. LCCN sf89091049. OCLC 780565190. S2CID 85329443. International Society of Ecological Modelling (ISEM). Allen, L.; Hannigan, M.; Straus, M. (1993). "Mathematical analysis of a model for a plant-herbivore system". Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 55 (4). Pergamon Press Ltd: 847–864. doi:10.1016/s0092-8240(05)80192-2. ISSN 0092-8240.

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