European Curculionid Weevil
Rhinusa tetra Fabricius, 1792
European Curculionid Weevil: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/20009
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9 Records

Status

Adventive. Native to Europe, now widespread in NA. Introduced before 1916 to control moth mullein. (BugGuide)

Where To Find

Feeds on Verbascum and Scrophularia. The larvae are stem miners also commonly feeding on stems of Asclepias syriaca. (BugGuide)

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Source: Wikipedia

Rhinusa tetra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Rhinusa
Species:
R. tetra
Binomial name
Rhinusa tetra
(Fabricius, 1792)

Rhinusa tetra, known generally as the European curculionid weevil or mullein weevil, is a species of true weevil in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae.[1][2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Rhinusa tetra species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  2. ^ "Rhinusa tetra". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  3. ^ "Rhinusa tetra Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  4. ^ "Rhinusa tetra Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-07.

Further reading

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  • Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Majka, C.G.; Anderson, R.S.; McCorquodale, D.B. (2007). "The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New records from Nova Scotia...". The Canadian Entomologist.
  • O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
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