Hypera postica

Hypera postica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Entiminae
Tribe: Hyperini
Genus: Hypera
Species: H. postica
Binomial name
Hypera postica
Gyllenhal, 1813

Hypera postica, commonly known as the alfalfa weevil, is a species of weevil that can be found in alfalfa fields throughout Europe.[1] Considered a destructive threat to alfalfa production in North America, several accidental introductions have been successfully countered though the use of a variety of biological control species.

Larva

References

  1. Sweetman, Harvey L.; Wedemeyer, Jack (Jan 1933). "Further Studies of the Physical Ecology of the Alfafa Weevil, Hypera postica (Gyllenhal)". Ecology (Ecological Society of America) 14 (1): 46–60. doi:10.2307/1932576. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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