Trichobaris mucorea explained

Trichobaris mucorea, the tobacco stalk borer, is a species of flower weevil in the family Curculionidae.^{[1] [2] [3]} 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.^[4]

Further reading

• Book: Arnett, R.H. Jr.. M. C. Thomas. P. E. Skelley. J. H. Frank. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL..
• Book: Arnett, Ross H.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press..
• Book: Richard E. White. 1983. Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company..
• Jansen MA, Franz NM. 2015. Phylogenetic revision of Minyomerus Horn, 1876 sec. Jansen & Franz, 2015 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) using taxonomic concept annotations and alignments. ZooKeys . 528. 1–133. 10.3897/zookeys.528.6001. 26692791. 4668883. free.

External links

• Web site: NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 2018-02-06.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Trichobaris mucorea Species Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-06.
2. Web site: Trichobaris mucorea Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-06.
3. Web site: Trichobaris mucorea Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-02-06.
4. https://www.mpg.de/15284048/strigolactones-increase-tolerance-to-weevils-in-tobacco-plants Strigolactones increase tolerance to weevils in tobacco plants.