New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada
Author
Douglas, Hume
Entomology, Ottawa Plant Laboratories, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Building 18, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K 1 A 0 C 6
Author
Bouchard, Patrice
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K 1 A 0 C 6
bouchardpb@agr.gc.ca
Author
Anderson, Robert S.
Canadian Museum of Nature, P. O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K 1 P 6 P 4
Author
Tonnancour, Pierre de
22, 5 e avenue, Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada, J 7 V 3 P 5
Author
Vigneault, Robert
16 Mont St-Pierre, Oka, Quebec, Canada, J 0 N 1 E 0
Author
Webster, Reginald P.
24 Mill Stream Drive, Charters Settlement, New Brunswick, Canada, E 3 C 1 X 1
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ZooKeys
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.309.4667
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.309.4667
1313-2970-309-13
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Atrichonotus taeniatulus (Berg, 1881)
new to Canada
Note.
This adventive species, the adults of which feed on the roots and foliage of a variety of host plants (although most frequently on
Fabaceae
), was known previously in North America from southeastern USA west to Texas (
Anderson 2002
). This species can be an important pest of alfalfa (
Medicago sativa
L.,
Fabaceae
).
Specimen data.
Quebec:
MRC La
Vallee-du-Richelieu
, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, 25.v.1999, H. Miquet-Sage (1, CHMS).