Lixus cardui
| Lixus cardui | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Curculionoidea |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Lixus |
| Species: | L. cardui |
| Binomial name | |
| Lixus cardui Olivier, 1807 | |
Lixus cardui is a species of true weevil found in Europe[1]
It was introduced in Australia to control scotch thistle Onopordum acanthium, an invasive weed.
References
[edit]- ↑ Joe Balciunas (2007). "Lixus cardui, a biological control agent for scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium): Safe for Australia, but not the USA?" (PDF). Biological Control 41 (2007) 134–141. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
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