Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel, 1952

Douglas, Hume, Bouchard, Patrice, Anderson, Robert S., Tonnancour, Pierre de, Vigneault, Robert & Webster, Reginald P., 2013, New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada, ZooKeys 309, pp. 13-48 : 20

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.309.4667
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0BA94863-A04E-5FC4-3477-1459C5DA1EF4
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scientific name	Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel, 1952
status	new to Quebec

Treatment

Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel, 1952 new to Quebec

Note.

This native species was previously known from Alberta ( McNamara 1991). A pest of cultivated rice (where grown); larvae feed externally on roots ( Anderson 2002). It is likely that related native semiaquatic grasses are the hosts elsewhere in North America.

Specimen data.

Quebec: MRC Marguerite-D’Youville, Varennes ( Verchères), 25.vi.2007, C. Chantal (1, CCCH).

References

Anderson, RS, 2002. Chapter 131. Curculionidae. In: Arnett, RH Jr, Thomas, MC, Skelley, P, Eds., American Beetles Volume 2. CRC Press, Gainesville Florida: 722 - 815

McNamara, J, 1991. Superfamily Curculionoidea. In Bousquet Y (ed) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, 323-365.