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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Lixinae » Lixini » Eustenopus » Yellow Starthistle Hairy Weevil (Eustenopus villosus)

Species Eustenopus villosus - Yellow Starthistle Hairy Weevil

Classification · Other Common Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Star Thistle Weevil - Eustenopus villosus Star Thistle Weevil - Eustenopus villosus Weevil - Eustenopus villosus Eustenopus villosus Weevil - maybe Eustenopus villosus? - Eustenopus villosus Hairy weevil - Eustenopus villosus Green Weevil - Eustenopus villosus Green Weevil - Eustenopus villosus
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 Eustenopus
Species villosus (Yellow Starthistle Hairy Weevil)
Other Common Names
Hairy Star Thistle Weevil
Range
est. in w. US (WA-ID-CA), native to the Mediterranean, introduced in NA for weed control
Food
Host: Yellow Starthistle, Centaurea solstitialis
Remarks
introduced (CA 1990) to control the invasive Yellow Star Thistle. The weevils can look very different once their vestiture is lost.
Internet References
Fact sheets: SCNWCB, WA State U., FAMU
Invasive.org
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 15 February, 2008 - 9:15am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 5 June, 2016 - 6:43pm

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