Neochetina bruchi
Species of beetle
Neochetina bruchi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Brachyceridae |
Tribe: | Erirhinini |
Genus: | Neochetina |
Species: | N. bruchi |
Binomial name | |
Neochetina bruchi Hustache, 1926 |
Neochetina bruchi, the chevroned water hyacinth weevil, is a species of marsh weevil in the beetle family Brachyceridae found in South America. It has been introduced into North America as biocontrol of the invasive plant Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth).[1][2][3]
References
Further reading
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
External links
- Media related to Neochetina bruchi at Wikimedia Commons
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