Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus

TaxID: 308863

Basic Information

Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus

Rice Water Weevil, Rice water weevil, rice water weevil

Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus is an insect belonging to the order Coleoptera. It is native to North America, mostly in the southeastern part of the country, but has been established in California for over 50 years. A separate species of rice water weevil, Lissorhoptrus brevirostris is present in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Suriname and Venezuela. Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus began spreading through the rice growing regions of Asia in 1976 (China, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan); in Europe it has been present in Italy since 2004, in the regions of the Piedmont and Lombardy where it affects upland rice production

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Erirhinidae

Lissorhoptrus

oryzophilus

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Photos (5 photos)

Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus
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(c) Erik Johnson@BY-NC
Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus
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(c) Kimberly R Fleming@BY-NC
Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus
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(c) Erik Johnson@BY-NC
Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus
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(c) Erik Johnson@BY-NC
Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus
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(c) Erik Johnson@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (2 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Oryza sativa Host
Poaceae Host

Quarantine Status (11 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Brazil Absent 2018
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
China Quarantine pests 2021
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Guinea Quarantine pests —
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —
Mozambique Quarantine pests —
Panama Quarantine pests —
Peru Absent —
Singapore Quarantine pests —
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Distribution (18 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Canada Present
China Present
Colombia Present —
Cuba Present —
Dominican Republic Present —
Spain Present —
France Present —
Greece Present —
India Present —
Italy Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature