Rhinusa pilosa
| Rhinusa pilosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Curculioninae |
| Genus: | Rhinusa |
| Species: | R. pilosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhinusa pilosa (Gyllenhal, 1838)
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Rhinusa pilosa is a species of true weevil in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. It is found exclusively on
Linaria vulgaris Mill. (Plantaginaceae), also known as common or yellow toadflax where it creates a gall on the plant's stem, and was found originally in Serbia. R. pilosa has been introduced in the United States and Canada as an biocontrol agent to control L. vulgaris.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Two related species formerly considered part of R. pilosa are Rhinusa brondelii and Rhinusa rara, which feed on Linaria purpurea and Linaria genistifolia/Linaria dalmatica, respectively.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Gassmann, André; De Clerck-Floate, Rosemarie; Sing, Sharlene; Toševski, Ivo; Mitrović, Milana; Krstić, Olivier (August 1, 2014). "Biology and host specificity of Rhinusa pilosa, a recommended biological control agent of Linaria vulgaris". BioControl. 59 (4): 473–483. doi:10.1007/s10526-014-9578-7. S2CID 1185815.
- ^ Glen, Barb (November 27, 2014). "Researchers eager to see hungry weevils return". The Western Producer. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ Weevils from Serbia show promise in yellow toadflax biological control in Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 2019. ISBN 978-0-660-32854-6.
- ^ Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "Rhinusa pilosa (Gyllenhall, 1838)" (PDF). Government of British Columbia. 2018-03-12.
- ^ "BOLD Systems: Taxonomy Browser - Rhinusa pilosa {species}". v3.boldsystems.org. Retrieved Jul 4, 2020.
- ^ "Rhinusa pilosa". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
- ^ Toševski, Ivo; Caldara, Roberto; Jović, Jelena; Hernández‐Vera, Gerardo; Baviera, Cosimo; Gassmann, Andre; Emerson, Brent C. (Jul 4, 2015). "Host-associated genetic divergence and taxonomy in the Rhinusa pilosa Gyllenhal species complex: an integrative approach". Systematic Entomology. 40 (1): 268–287. doi:10.1111/syen.12109. hdl:10261/181283.
External links[edit]
- "NCBI Taxonomy Browser". Retrieved 2020-07-04.
- "Rhinusa pilosa". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).