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FIRST RECORD OF APION HOOKERI KIRBY (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) IN NORTH AMERICA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D.P. Peschken ,
K.C. Sawchyn  and
D.E. Bright
D.P. Peschken
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada Research Station, Box 440, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada S4P 3A2
K.C. Sawchyn
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada Research Station, Box 440, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada S4P 3A2
D.E. Bright
Affiliation:
Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Biological Division, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
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The introduced European weed scentless chamomile, Matricaria perforata Mérat (Asteraceae), is a target for biological control in Canada (Peschken and Sawchyn 1993). As part of this project, the fauna on scentless chamomile in Canada has been investigated (Woo et al. 1991). In 1990, a total of 25 adult Apion weevils were dissected out of 115 flower heads collected at two locations in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, on 23 August and 4 September. These were identified by D.E. Bright as Apion hookeri Kirby, 1808 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The weevil had not been recorded previously in North America.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 125 , Issue 3 , June 1993 , pp. 629 - 631
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1993

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