In the course of an intensive field study of the alternative food plants of the weevil.various species belonging to Malvaceae.Tiliaceae and allied orders were collected and examined.A few among them such as hibiscus vitifolcus sidaspinosus crchorus olitorus were noted to harbour a small but varying proportion of weevil stages.But the highest infestation was observed in a hitherto unrecorded weed host malvastrum coromandelianum (Garcke).This weed is with cultivated crops,in borders of fields,along road sides.tank bunds,sides of water channels,fenes and other neglected places.
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