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Species Larinus curtus - Yellow Star Thistle Flower Weevil

Yellow star thistle flower weevil - Larinus curtus Yellow star thistle flower weevil - Larinus curtus short snouted weevil - Larinus curtus short snouted weevil - Larinus curtus Weevil 3 - Larinus curtus Weevil 3 - Larinus curtus Weevil 3 - Larinus curtus Weevil 3 - Larinus curtus
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 Lixinae
Tribe Lixini
Genus Larinus
No Taxon (subgenus Larinomesius)
Species curtus (Yellow Star Thistle Flower Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Larinus curtus Hochhuth 1851
Range
Native to w.Palaearctic (so.Italy to the Middle East & the Caucasus)(1); in our area, Pacific Northwest
Remarks
Introduced in 1992 to combat yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)
Print References
Sobhian N., Fornasari L. (1994) Biology of Larinus curtus Hochhut [sic!] (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) a European weevil for biological control of yellow starthistle Centaurea solstitialis L. (Astereraceae) in the United States. Biol. Control 4: 328-335. (Full text)
Internet References
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Fact sheet(2)
Works Cited
1.de Jong Y.S.D.M. et al. (2014) Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4034.
2.Breitenfeldt T., ed. (1999-) Montana war on weeds
Contributed by v belov on 24 April, 2013 - 1:54pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 12 October, 2024 - 11:44am

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