Microplontus campestris (Gyllenhal, 1837) Douglas & Bouchard & Anderson & Tonnancour & Vigneault & Webster, 2013

Douglas, Hume, Bouchard, Patrice, Anderson, Robert S., Tonnancour, Pierre de, Vigneault, Robert & Webster, Reginald P., 2013, New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada, ZooKeys 309, pp. 13-48 : 27

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.309.4667
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/58529FD4-584E-2AB0-B863-6FA4F56056A6
treatment provided by	ZooKeys by Pensoft
scientific name	Microplontus campestris (Gyllenhal, 1837)
status	new to Quebec

Treatment

Microplontus campestris (Gyllenhal, 1837) new to Quebec

Note.

This adventive Palaearctic species is associated with Leucanthemum vulgare (L.) ( Asteraceae ) and may help control this invasive weed. This weevil was accidentally introduced into North America, and has been present in Ontario since 1971, or earlier ( Anderson and Korotyaev 2004).

Specimen data.

Quebec: MRC Marguerite-D’Youville, Varennes ( Verchères), 30.vi.2008, C. Chantal (1, CCCH).