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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Mecinini » Mecinus » Stem-boring Weevil (Mecinus janthinus)

Species Mecinus janthinus - Stem-boring Weevil

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Curculioninae
Tribe Mecinini
Genus Mecinus
Species janthinus (Stem-boring Weevil)
Other Common Names
Toadflax Stem Weevil
Explanation of Names
Mecinus janthinus Germar 1821
Size
3.5-4.5 mm(1)
Range
native to Europe, released and established in w. NA; also present in the Maritime Canada(2)
Food
feeds on toadflax (Linaria spp.)(3)
Remarks
introduced recently to control toadflax (Linaria spp.)(3); first released in 1991 (BC), spread into WA(2)(4)
Internet References
Fact sheets: by anon.(4)
Cornell U.
Washington State U.
Works Cited
1.Identification tool for weevil biological control agents of aquatic and terrestrial weeds in the United States and Canada
2.The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New records from Nova Scotia...
Majka C.G., Anderson R.S., McCorquodale D.B. 2007. Can. Entomol. 139: 397–442.
3.Biological control: A guide to natural enemies in North America
4.Invasive plants with biocontrol -- BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 29 May, 2008 - 10:21am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 6 October, 2016 - 2:32pm

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