New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada
Douglas, Hume
Bouchard, Patrice
Anderson, Robert S.
Tonnancour, Pierre de
Vigneault, Robert
Webster, Reginald P.
ZooKeys
2013
2013-06-13
309
13
48
58529FD4-584E-2AB0-B863-6FA4F56056A6
(Gyllenhal, 1837)
Douglas & Bouchard & Anderson & Tonnancour & Vigneault & Webster
2013
Gyllenhal
1837
Hexapoda
Curculionidae
Microplontus
GBIF
Animalia
Microplontus campestris
Coleoptera
14
27
Arthropoda
species
campestris
new to Quebec
Note. This adventive Palaearctic species is associated with Leucanthemum vulgare(L.) ( Asteraceae) and may help control this invasive weed. This weevil was accidentally introduced into North America, and has been present in Ontario since 1971, or earlier ( Anderson and Korotyaev 2004).
Specimen data. Quebec:MRC Marguerite-D'Youville, Varennes ( Vercheres), 30.vi.2008, C. Chantal (1, CCCH).