Genus Neochetina

Classification · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Water Hyacinth Weevil - Neochetina eichhorniae ? - Neochetina eichhorniae

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Curculionoidea (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Subfamily Erirhininae

Genus Neochetina

Numbers

2 spp., N. bruchi Hustache 1926 and N. eichhorniae Warner 1970

Range

FL, LA, & TX

Food

Host plant: water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes, Pontederiaceae) (1)

Remarks

Both species have been introduced to control the water hyacinth

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by v belov on 3 May, 2009 - 2:19am

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