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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Brachyceridae » Marsh Weevils (Erirhininae) » Stenopelmina » Neohydronomus » Waterlettuce Weevil (Neohydronomus affinis)

Species Neohydronomus affinis - Waterlettuce Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Neohydronomus
Species affinis (Waterlettuce Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Neohydronomus affinis Hustache
affini (L). 'allied, related' (1)
Range
native to South America, introduced elsewhere (incl. se. US) to combat water lettuce(2)
Food
water lettuce - Pistia stratiotes (Araceae) - Map (3)
Remarks
used to control its host, an invasive aquatic plant
Print References
Dray, F.A. jr., Center, T.D.,Habeck, D.H.,Thompson, C.R., Cofrancesco,A.F., Balciunas, J.K. 1990. Release and establishment in the southeastern United States of Neohydronomus affinis, an herbivore of water lettuce. Envrionmental Entomology 19, 799-802.
Internet References
fact sheet: TAMU
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Insects and other arthropods that feed on aquatic and wetland plants
Center T.D., Dray F.A., Jubinsky G.P., Grodowitz M.J. 2002. USDA ARS, Technical Bulletin 1870. 200 pp.
3.North American Plant Atlas (NAPA)
Contributed by v belov on 10 February, 2011 - 9:49pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 2 October, 2018 - 1:50pm

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