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Species Neochetina eichhorniae - Mottled Waterhyacinth 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 Brachyceridae
Subfamily Erirhininae (Marsh Weevils)
Subtribe Stenopelmina
Genus Neochetina (Waterhyacinth Weevils)
Species eichhorniae (Mottled Waterhyacinth Weevil)

Explanation of Names

Neochetina eichhorniae Warner 1970

Size

♂ 3.4-4.5 mm, ♀ 3.8-4.9 mm(1)

Range

se US (TX-LA, FL) - Map (2)(3), native to South America, introduced in FL (1972)(4), now widely dist.

Habitat

coastal localities

Food

host: Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes, Pontederiaceae)(4)

Remarks

Introduced intentionally in 1972 to combat Eichhornia crassipes; native to Argentina and bordering countries

Print References

Firehun et al. 2015. Adaptability of two weevils (Neochetina bruchi and Neochetina eichhorniae) with potential to control water hyacinth in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Crop Protection 76: 75–82. (Abstract)

Works Cited

1.Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of New World weevils traditionally of the tribe Cleonini (Col.: Curculionidae:Cleoninae)
Anderson R.S. (1988). 1987. Quaest. Entomol. 23: 431‒709.
2.Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies...
O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Biological control: A guide to natural enemies in North America
Contributed by v belov on 3 May, 2009 - 2:21am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 August, 2022 - 3:11pm

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