Explanation of Names
Languria mozardi Latreille 1807
Identification
Antennal club emerging gradually from stem, seventh segment (base of club) less than twice as wide as preceding segments, segments only slightly dilated to inner side; head red; thorax spotless; abdomen with last three (sometimes last two, rarely just one) ventrites piceous
(1)
Range
e. NA to AZ (QC-MB to FL-AZ) / n. Mex. -
Map (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)Food
polyphagous, but mostly hosts on Asteraceae
(1), infests red clover in the southeast and alfalfa in the southwest
(1), and, potentially, canola (Ward
et al. 2007.)
Life Cycle
larvae and pupae in stems of dozens of plants spp. in at least 6 families
(1)Remarks
most common and widespread of our languriines
(1)See Also
told from discoidea by the lack of the median dark spot on the thorax, by the shining, not alutaceous, thorax and elytra, and generally smaller size;
from denticulata by the smooth, not sinuate, elytral apices and by the presence of more than one piceous abdominal segment;
from californica by the lack of all piceous abdomen and by the shallower punctuation on the under surface, especially on the metasternum;
from
laeta by the gradual, not abrupt, emergence of the antennal club from the stem, by the lack of all piceous abdomen, and by smaller size.
(1)Print References
Girault, A.A. 1907. Oviposition of Languria mozardi Latreille. Entomol. News, 18: 366-367.
Ward, R.N., E. Cebert, and K.E. Ward. 2007. Occurrence of clover stem borer,
Languria mozardi (Coleoptera: Languriidae), on canola: A new host record. Florida Entomologist, 90(4): 732-737. (
Full Text)
Webster, F.M. 1888. The larva of the clover stem borer, Languria Mozardi Latreille, as a gall maker. Insect Life, 1: 119-120.
Weed, C.M. 1890. On the life-history of the clover stem borer (Languria mozardi). Bull. Ohio Agr. Exp. Sta., ser. 2, 3: 235-238.