Bagous restrictus is a species of true weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] The non-native invasive species Hydrilla is the only known host plant for this beetle, with larvae feeding on and developing within Hydrilla stems.[4]

Bagous restrictus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Bagous
Species:
B. restrictus
Binomial name
Bagous restrictus
LeConte, 1876

References edit

  1. ^ "Bagous restrictus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Bagous restrictus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Wheeler, G. S.; Center, T. D. (1 April 2007). "Hydrilla Stems and Tubers as Hosts for Three Bagous Species: Two Introduced Biological Control Agents (Bagous hydrillae and B. affinis) and One Native Species (B. restrictus)". Environmental Entomology. 36 (2): 409–415. doi:10.1093/ee/36.2.409.

Further reading edit

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.