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

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scientific name

Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel, 1952
status

new to Quebec

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).