Rhyssomatus lineaticollis
| Rhyssomatus lineaticollis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Rhyssomatus |
| Species: | R. lineaticollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhyssomatus lineaticollis (Say, 1824) | |
Rhyssomatus lineaticollis, also known by its common name 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.