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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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A European Curculionid Weevil in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/17/2019).
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European Curculionid Weevil in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/23/2020). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved.
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A European Curculionid Weevil in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/9/2016). Determined by Blaine Mathison/BugGuide.
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European Curculionid Weevil in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/27/2023). (c) Adrienne van den Beemt, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Source: Wikipedia
Rhinusa tetra | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Rhinusa |
Species: | R. tetra
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Binomial name | |
Rhinusa tetra (Fabricius, 1792)
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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
[edit]- ^ "Rhinusa tetra species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ "Rhinusa tetra". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ "Rhinusa tetra Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ "Rhinusa tetra Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Rhinusa tetra at Wikimedia Commons