Rhyssomatus lineaticollis
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Species: | R. lineaticollis
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Rhyssomatus lineaticollis (Say, 1824)
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Rhyssomatus lineaticollis (milkweed stem weevil) is a species of weevil whose adults feed on the stems of the common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca.[1] It is also destructive to the rare and threatened milkweed species Asclepias meadii.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Species Rhyssomatus lineaticollis". Retrieved October 15, 2008.
- ^ Betz, R. F. (1989). Ecology of Mead's milkweed (Asclepias meadii) Torrey. in Proceedings of the 11th North American Prairie Conference; 1989; University of Nebraska, Lincoln. p 187-191.
Categories:
- Molytinae
- Beetles of North America
- Beetles described in 1824
- Molytinae stubs