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Species Rhinoncomimus latipes - Mile-a-minute 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 Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Ceutorhynchinae (Minute Seed Weevils)
Tribe Phytobiini
Genus Rhinoncomimus
Species latipes (Mile-a-minute Weevil)

Explanation of Names

Rhinoncomimus latipes Korotyaev 1997

Range

native to e. Asia(1), introduced in e. US (2004) as a weed control agent

Food

hosts: Polygonum thunbergii in e. Asia(1), Persicaria perfoliata (=Polygonum perfoliatum) in our area

Remarks

during 2004-2007, released and established in e. US (NJ-PA-DE-MD-WV) to combat the Mile-a-minute Weed (Persicaria perfoliata)

Internet References

unless otherwise indicated, information on this page was taken from this fact sheet by Hough-Goldstein et al.
Cornell University
U. Delaware
USDA. PDF dpcument

Works Cited

1.Catalogue of Ceutorhynchinae of the world, with a key to genera (Insecta Coleoptera Curculionidae)
Colonnelli E. 2004. Argania Editio, Barcelona. 124 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 9 August, 2011 - 4:42pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 20 May, 2018 - 2:19pm

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