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Eric Coombs, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 5435880

purple loosestrife root mining weevil (Hylobius transversovittatus (Goeze, 1777)) (Goeze, 1777)

Photographer:
Eric Coombs
Organization:
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Descriptor:
Biological Control
Description:
rearing pools for adult weevils. Infested plants are dug up in late winter or early spring, then placed in rearing pools in a greenhouse. Lights turned on in the night help to locate adults feeding on leaves. The moat keeps them from getting out of the pool.
Image type:
Field
Host:
purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L.)

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Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Molytinae
Tribe: Hylobiini
Genus: Hylobius
Subject: Hylobius transversovittatus (Goeze, 1777)

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Myrtales
Family: Lythraceae
Genus: Lythrum
Subject: Lythrum salicaria L.
Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image uploaded:
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Image last updated:
Wednesday, May 18, 2011