Rhyssomatus lineaticollis

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Rhyssomatus lineaticollis
File:Rhyssomatus lineaticollis.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
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]

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R. lineaticollis on milkweed bud

References

  1. "Species Rhyssomatus lineaticollis". Retrieved October 15, 2008.
  2. 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.