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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Primitive Weevils (Brentidae) » Nanophyinae » Nanophyes » Flower Bud Weevil (Nanophyes marmoratus)

Species Nanophyes marmoratus - Flower Bud Weevil

Flower Bud Weevil - Nanophyes marmoratus

Microon canadense ? - Nanophyes marmoratus

Brentidae Nanophyes? - Nanophyes marmoratus

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 Brentidae (Primitive Weevils)

Subfamily Nanophyinae

Genus Nanophyes

Species marmoratus (Flower Bud Weevil)

Other Common Names

Loosestrife Seed Weevil(1), Purple Loosestrife Flower Weevil, Loosestrife Weevil

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nanophyes lythri (Fabricius 1787)

Explanation of Names

Nanophyes marmoratus (Goeze 1777)

Size

2-2.5 mm(1)

Range

native to, and widespread across w. Eurasia (Europe to w. Siberia), intentionally introduced into Canada, established in QC-MB, NY, NJ, MI, MN, and across w. US (WA-CA to ID-CO)(2)(3)

Food

hosts: Lythrum spp.; larvae develop in flower buds & fruit(4)

Remarks

introduced to NA to control purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)(5); first released in 1994 (MB, NY, MN)(2)

Internet References

Works Cited

1.	Integrated Weed Control Project: Biological control agents

2.	Identification tool for weevil biological control agents of aquatic and terrestrial weeds in the United States and Canada

3.	New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada Douglas H., Bouchard P., Anderson R.S., de Tonnancour P., Vigneault R., Webster R.P. 2013. ZooKeys 309: 13–48.

4.	Polish Biodiversity Information Network • Coleoptera Poloniae

5.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

6.	Breitenfeldt T., ed. (1999-) Montana war on weeds

7.	Fofonoff P.W., Ruiz G. M., Steves B., Hines A.H., Carlton J.T. (2003) NEMESIS Chesapeake Bay introduced species database

Contributed by v belov on 4 January, 2014 - 10:50am
Last updated 9 February, 2014 - 11:43am

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