Rhyssomatus lineaticollis

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Rhyssomatus lineaticollis
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R. lineaticollis
Binomial name
Rhyssomatus lineaticollis
(Say, 1824)

Rhyssomatus lineaticollis, also known it's 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]

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.

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