Species Eustenopus villosus - Yellow Starthistle Hairy Weevil

Classification · Other Common Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References

Star Thistle Weevil - Eustenopus villosus

Hairy Star Thistle Weevil - Eustenopus villosus

One hairy little 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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