Rhinocyllus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Genus
- Rhinocyllus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Rhinocyllus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Rhinocyllus
Rhinocyllus is a small genus of true weevil, with 4 species described. The host plants of this genus are thistles in the subtribe Carduinae. Its sister group is Bangasternus.
The most well-known species is R. conicus which is a controversial agent of biological pest control which has been used against noxious thistles in the genera Carduus, Cirsium, Onopordum, and Silybum.
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