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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Minute Seed Weevils (Ceutorhynchinae) » Ceutorhynchini » Mogulones » Hound's-tongue Root Weevil (Mogulones crucifer)

Species Mogulones crucifer - Hound's-tongue Root Weevil

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Mogulones crucifer
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 Ceutorhynchini
Genus Mogulones
Species crucifer (Hound's-tongue Root Weevil)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mogulones cruciger (Herbst 1784)
Explanation of Names
Mogulones crucifer (Pallas 1771)
Identification
Bold Systems

West Palaearctic: AM AT BE BG BY CA DG CH CZ DE DK EE ES FR GG GR
HU IT LV KG KK MA MD NL NO PL PT RO RU SE SI SQ SS TR UA YU
Ecology: on Cynoglossum and Solenanthus ,61
Food
hosts: Cynoglossum officinale (hound's tongue), C. cheirifolium(1)
Remarks
populations in BC originated in Hungary and Serbia
released in Canada in 1997, established in AB-BC(1)
Introduced to control the invasive weed Cynoglossum officinale (Hound's Tongue) (Boraginaceae).
Print References
Schwarzlaender M. (1997) Bionomics of Mogulones cruciger (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a below-ground herbivore for the biological control of hound's-tongue. Environmental Entomol. 26: 357-365 (Full text)
Internet References
Fact sheets: anon. | anon. (2010) | |
Ecosphere. Biocontrol insect impacts population growth of its target plant species but not an incidentally used nontarget
Works Cited
1.Identification tool for weevil biological control agents of aquatic and terrestrial weeds in the United States and Canada
Contributed by v belov on 4 February, 2014 - 6:41pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 18 August, 2016 - 9:54am

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