Mile-a-minute Weevil Rhinoncomimus latipes Korotyaev, 1997Non-native    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Coleoptera   >   Family Curculionidae   >   Genus Rhinoncomimus   

Status:

Native to Asia. Intentionally released in the U.S. starting in 2004 to control the invasive Asiatic Tearthumb (Mile-a-minute Weed).

Relationships:

Feeds on Asiatic Tearthumb.

There are 9 records in the project database.

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Mile-a-minute Weevil in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/18/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Mile-a-minute Weevil in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/14/2020). Determined by V. Belov/BugGuide. (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

A Mile-a-minute Weevil collected in Maryland (2015). Photo by Sam Droege. (MBP list)

A Mile-a-minute Weevil collected in Maryland (2015). Photo by Sam Droege. (MBP list)

A Mile-a-minute Weevil in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/23/2019). Verified by V. Belov/BugGuide. Photo by Steve Scholnick. (MBP list)

A Mile-a-minute Weevil on Asiatic Tearthumb (Mile-a-minute Weed) in Kent Co., Maryland (5/15/2014). Photo by Missy Kalb. (MBP list)

Mile-a-minute Weevil in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/14/2020). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)


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