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Species Larinus minutus - Seedhead Weevil

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Lixinae
Tribe Lixini
Genus Larinus
No Taxon (subgenus Larinomesius)
Species minutus (Seedhead Weevil)
Other Common Names
Lesser Knapweed Flower Weevil
Explanation of Names
Larinus minutus Gyllenhal 1835
Size
4-5 mm
Identification
brown-grey weevil with a very large, bulbous snout... When the adults first emerge from the knapweed seedhead they are light grey with some yellow fuzz on their bodies.(1)
Image of adult and damage to seedhead
Range
native to Europe, introduced to the US (1991) to control knapweeds, established in WA-OR-MT(1)
Food
Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) and Diffuse Knapweed (C. diffusa)(1)
Internet References
Fact sheet(1)
Works Cited
1.Biological control: A guide to natural enemies in North America
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 19 June, 2008 - 6:35am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Ron M., v belov
Last updated 2 February, 2018 - 1:49pm

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