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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Brachyceridae » Marsh Weevils (Erirhininae) » Stenopelmina » Rice Water Weevils (Lissorhoptrus) » Rice Water Weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus)

Species Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus - Rice Water Weevil

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel - Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus tiny weevil - Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Louisiana Rice Weevil - Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Snout 061517-1 - Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Snout 061517-1 - Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus weevil by pond - Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Brachyceridae - Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus
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 Brachyceridae
Subfamily Erirhininae (Marsh Weevils)
Subtribe Stenopelmina
Genus Lissorhoptrus (Rice Water Weevils)
Species oryzophilus (Rice Water Weevil)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
simplex auct. nec Say
Explanation of Names
Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel 1952
Size
2.0-3.7 mm(1)
Range
e US, CA; Mexico, Cuba - Map (1)(2), introduced into Eurasia
Food
hosts: many Poaceae and Cyperaceae, incl. rice(1)
Life Cycle
adults are strong swimmers(1)
Remarks
Native to North America, has spread to Asia and Europe where it is a pest of cultivated rice(1)
See Also
very similar to (and often misidentified as) L. simplex (Say)(1)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the “Rice Water Weevil” Genus Lissorhoptrus Leconte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in North America North of Mexico
Charles W. O'Brien and Muhammad Haseeb. 2014. The Coleopterists Bulletin 68(2): 163-186.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 21 March, 2009 - 7:39pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 6 May, 2022 - 12:03am

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