Rhinusa antirrhini
| Rhinusa antirrhini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Rhinusa |
| Species: | R. antirrhini
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhinusa antirrhini Paykull, 1800
| |
Rhinusa antirrhini, known generally as toadflax seedhead weevil, is a species of true weevil in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. Other common names include the toadflax capsule weevil and seed-gall weevil.[1][2][3][4]
As a biological control agent
Rhinusa antirrhini feeds on two species of toadflax, Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica) and Yellow toadflax (Linaria vulgaris). Both of these host species are native to Europe, and are considered invasive in North America. Rhinusa antirrhini was accidentally introduced to North America in the early 1900s, and several populations were intentionally relocated within North America or imported from Europe in the 1990s to combat invasive Linaria growth. Rhinusa antirrhini is well adapted for the North American climate and has become well established, though it is not considered an effective biological control agent of Linaria species[5].
References
- ^ "Rhinusa antirrhini species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ "Rhinusa antirrhini". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ "Rhinusa antirrhini Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ "Rhinusa antirrhini Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ^ Sing, Sharlene E.; Tosevski, Ivo; Ward, Sarah M.; Randall, Carol B.; Weaver, David K.; Gaffke, Alexander M.; Nowierski, Robert M. (2022). "Biological control of invasive Linaria spp. in the western United States [Chapter 26]". In: Van Driesche, R. G.; Winston, R. L.; Perring, T. M. ; Lopez, V. M., eds. Contributions of Classical Biological Control to the U.S. Food Security, Forestry, and Biodiversity. FHAAST-2019-05. Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. p. 294-311.: 294–311.
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.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Majka, C.G.; Anderson, R.S.; McCorquodale, D.B. (2007). "The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New records from Nova Scotia...". The Canadian Entomologist.
- 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
- "NCBI Taxonomy Browser". Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- Media related to Rhinusa antirrhini at Wikimedia Commons