Species Listronotus setosipennis (Hustache, 1926)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hyperodes setosipennis Hustache, A. 1926. Contribution à l'étude des Curculionides de la republique Argentine (Première note). Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural 'Bernardino Rivadavia' 34: 155-261, pls 1-5 [205].
• Hyperodes setosus Hustache, A. 1926. Contribution à l'étude des Curculionides de la republique Argentine (Première note). Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural 'Bernardino Rivadavia' 34: 155-261, pls 1-5 [212] [subjective synonym; junior homonym, non LeConte, 1876].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kuschel, G. 1955. Nuevas sinonimias y anataciones sobre Curculionoidea. Revista Chilena de Entomologia 4: 261-312 [289] (for H. setosus Hustache)

Generic Combinations

• Listronotus setosipennis (Hustache, 1926). —
  O'Brien, C.W. 1979. Hyperodes, new synonym of Listronotus, with a checklist of Latin American species. The Southwestern Entomologist 4(4): 165-168 [268]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Argentina and Brazil.

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Parthenium hysterophorus L. [ASTERACEAE] Parthenium Weed).

General References

Dhileepan, K. 2003. Current status of the stem-boring weevil Listronotus setosipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) introduced against the weed Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae) in Australia. Biocontrol Science and Technology 13: 3-12

Wild, C.H., McFadyen, R.E., Tomley, A.J. & Wilson, B.W. 1992. The biology and host specificity of the stem-boring weevil Listronotus setosipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) a potential biocontrol agent for Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae). Entomophaga 37(4): 591-598

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