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weevil - Microplontus campestris
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

weevil - Microplontus campestris
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 4, 2011
Size: 2.6mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 4 June, 2011 - 11:03pm
Last updated 22 August, 2023 - 10:17pm

Moved
Moved from Allosirocalus.
Thanks Robert. It's a new genus and species for the guide, and documents another introduced species.
… tom murray, 6 June, 2011 - 4:51pm

Moved tentativley --another nice find, Tom!
Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… v belov, 4 June, 2011 - 11:14pm

 
Microplontus campestris (Gyll.)
This looks like Microplontus campestris (Gyll.) introduced into North America from Europe. It's apparently monophagous on Chrysantyhemum leucanthemum L. (Asteraceae). Our (Anderson and Korotyaev 2004: Can. Ent. 136: 233-239) paper only had records for Guelph, Ontario and I am not sure how widely distributed it is now.
… Robert Anderson, 6 June, 2011 - 11:57am

 
Should this be considered
a record for the United States? Massachusetts? Anywhere?
… Jim McClarin, 26 October, 2011 - 9:26am

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