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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 » Rhinusa » Toadflax Seedhead Weevil (Rhinusa antirrhini)

Species Rhinusa antirrhini - Toadflax Seedhead Weevil

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Weevil - Rhinusa antirrhini Weevil Beetle - Rhinusa antirrhini Weevil Beetle - Rhinusa antirrhini Rhinusa antirrhini Rhinusa antirrhini Ormanyos bogar - Rhinusa antirrhini Rhinusa antirrhni - Rhinusa antirrhini CURCULIONIDAE European Curculionid Weevil Rhinusa tetra - Rhinusa antirrhini
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 Rhinusa
Species antirrhini (Toadflax Seedhead Weevil)
Other Common Names
Toadflax Capsule Weevil, Seed-gall Weevil
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Gymnetron antirrhini
Explanation of Names
Rhinusa antirrhini (Paykull 1800)
Range
native to Europe & Mediterranean, adventive in NA (across so. Canada and n. US)(1)
Food
on Eurasian Linaria spp., mostly L. vulgaris(1), Antirrhinum spp., etc. Scrophulariaceae
Remarks
used in weed control (Dalmatian toadflax)(2)
Internet References
Fact sheet
Works Cited
1.The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New records from Nova Scotia...
C.G. Majka, R.S. Anderson, & D.B. McCorquodale. 2007. The Canadian Entomologist 139: 397–442.
2.Biological control: A guide to natural enemies in North America
Contributed by v belov on 24 January, 2011 - 7:47am
Last updated 24 January, 2013 - 1:14pm

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