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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Mecinini » Rhinusa » Root-gall Weevil (Rhinusa linariae)

Species Rhinusa linariae - Root-gall Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Rhinusa linariae
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 Curculioninae
Tribe Mecinini
Genus Rhinusa
Species linariae (Root-gall Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Rhinusa linariae (Panzer 1792)
Gymnetron linariae
Size
2 mm
Range
native to Europe, released in mid-1990s in w. Canada and the US; small populations may be established in Canada, but only one confirmed establishment in WY has been reported in the US(1)
Food
hosts: Linaria spp.(1) (Dalmatian and yellow toadflax)
Remarks
Approved for release as biocontrol in the US in 1995
Internet References
Cornell U.
British Columbia
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 5 March, 2014 - 8:52am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 6 October, 2016 - 2:25pm

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