“…The foregut is responsible for the transport of food to the crop whose function is the temporary storage of food (Díaz et al, 2000;Rubio et al, 2008;Bu and Chen, 2009;Aldigail et al, 2013;Singh and Prasad, 2013;Sousa et al, 2013;Candan et al, 2019). Various authors have illustrated subtle differences among species (Sinha, 1958;Vazquez-Arista et al, 1997;Díaz et al, 1998Díaz et al, , 2000Díaz et al, , 2003Rubio et al, 2008;Bu and Chen, 2009;Aldigail et al, 2013;Sarwade and Bhawane, 2013;Singh and Prasad, 2013;Borges et al, 2015;Candan et al, 2019). The spines observed within the esophageal intima of E. ovulum were similar to those observed in A.diaperinus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Dendroctonus micans, D. ponderosae, D. pseudotsugae pseudotsugae, D. rufipennis and D. terebrans (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) (McAllister et al, 1995;Díaz et al, 2003).…”