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Species Ischnopterapion virens - White Clover 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 Brentidae (Primitive Weevils)
Subfamily Apioninae (Pear-shaped Weevils)
Tribe Oxystomatini
Subtribe Synapiina
Genus Ischnopterapion
Species virens (White Clover Weevil)
Other Common Names
Clover Stem Weevil
Explanation of Names
Ischnopterapion (Chlorapion) virens (Herbst 1797)
Size
1.8‒2.6 mm(1)
Identification
see (1)
Range
native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (NS‒QC‒VA)(1)(2)(3) (map)(4)
Food
hosts: various Fabaceae, clover (Trifolium) strongly preferred; larvae mine stems towards roots(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: PA 1994(3)
can inflict heavy losses to clover crops(4)
Works Cited
1.Ischnopterapion virens (Herbst) (...), a Palearctic clover weevil new to North America...
Hoebeke E.R., Byers R.A., Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Stimmel J.F. 2000. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 102: 151-161.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Quebec, Canada
de Tonnancour P., Anderson R.S., Bouchard P., Chantal C., Dumont S., Vigneault R. 2017. Zookeys 681: 95‒117.
4.Pest Tracker - National agricultural pest information system
Contributed by v belov on 3 February, 2012 - 6:55pm
Last updated 5 October, 2023 - 5:01pm

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