Hypera postica
| Hypera postica | |
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| 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.
References
- ↑ 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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