Tobacco Stalk Borer

Trichobaris mucorea

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae

Trichobaris mucorea, the tobacco stalk borer, is a species of flower weevil in the family Curculionidae. It is found in North America. This species is associated with the wild tobacco plant Nicotiana attenuata, spending most of its life cycle from egg to adult stage hidden inside the stem, where it feeds on the pith.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 45Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Andrew Meeds, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionTrichobaris mucorea, Wikipedia contributors

Tobacco Stalk Borer

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