Rhinoncomimus latipes
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Rhinoncomimus |
Species: | R. latipes
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Binomial name | |
Rhinoncomimus latipes Korotyaev
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Rhinoncomimus latipes, the mile-a-minute weevil, is a species of minute weevil in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae.[1][2] Originally from Asia, it has been intentionally introduced in North America to control the invasive Asian weed, mile-a-minute (Persicaria perfoliata or Polygonum perfoliatum) which is its food plant.[3]
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Mile-a-minute weevil, Rhinoncomimus latipes
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Mile-a-minute weevil, Rhinoncomimus latipes
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Recently emerged adult. It turns reddish as it ages.
References[]
- ^ "Rhinoncomimus latipes species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ "Rhinoncomimus latipes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ Cornell U. Biological Control. Rhinoncomimus latipes
Further reading[]
- Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
External links[]
Media related to Rhinoncomimus latipes at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Curculionidae
- Curculionidae stubs