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Species Neochetina eichhorniae - Mottled Waterhyacinth Weevil

Neochetina eichhorniae Water Hyacinth Weevil - Neochetina eichhorniae ? - Neochetina eichhorniae Neochetina - Neochetina eichhorniae Curculionid - Neochetina eichhorniae Curculionid - Neochetina eichhorniae Neochetina eichhorniae Warner - Neochetina eichhorniae Insect - Neochetina eichhorniae mystery weevil - Neochetina eichhorniae
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)
R.S. Anderson (1988). 1987. Quaestiones Entomologicae 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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