Arrives at the Islands a beetle that kills the canary palm.: "From five to ten days since the first symptoms appear that indicate that the palm tree has been attacked for the curculionido ferruginoso (pointy red) until dies.
cases have been detected, one in Gran Canaria and another in Fuerteventura. A plague of this insect would endanger this species protected if comes colonize the palmerales of the Islands. The cultivators carry years demanding a moratorium from two to three years to brake the importing palms. "
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