Rhyssomatus lineaticollis

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]

R. lineaticollis on milkweed bud

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

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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