Neochetina eichhorniae

TaxID: 1050923

Basic Information

Neochetina eichhorniae

Weevil

The mottled water hyacinth weevil, Neochetina eichhorniae, is a beetle that has been introduced as a biological pest control herbivore agent to waterways and lakes in countries worldwide to control the spread of the invasive noxious weed species Eichhornia crassipes, the water hyacinth, an aquatic plant native to the Amazon basin.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Erirhinidae

Neochetina

eichhorniae

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Photos (5 photos)

Neochetina eichhorniae
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(c) Mike Quinn@BY-NC
Neochetina eichhorniae
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(c) Van Remsen@BY-NC
Neochetina eichhorniae
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(c) Ricardo Arredondo T.@BY-NC
Neochetina eichhorniae
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(c) Ricardo Arredondo T.@BY-NC
Neochetina eichhorniae
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(c) Erik Johnson@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (15 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

15
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Hong Kong, China Present —
India Present —
Sri Lanka Present —
Mexico Present —
Myanmar Present —
Malawi Present —
Norfolk Island 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 (30 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
ISZA105-21 BOLD:AEN4128 COI-5P 658 South Africa - -
GBMIN47856-17 BOLD:ABU9989 COI-5P 597 United States - 37.6419, -121.229
GBMIN47855-17 BOLD:ABU9989 COI-5P 597 United States - 37.6419, -121.229
GBMIN47854-17 BOLD:ABU9989 COI-5P 596 United States - 37.6419, -121.229
GBMIN47853-17 BOLD:ABU9989 COI-5P 597 United States - 37.6419, -121.229
GBMIN47852-17 BOLD:ABU9989 COI-5P 596 United States - 37.6419, -121.229
GBMIN47851-17 BOLD:ABU9989 COI-5P 597 United States - 37.6419, -121.229
GBMIN47850-17 BOLD:ABU9989 COI-5P 597 United States - 37.6419, -121.229
GBMIN47849-17 BOLD:ABU9989 COI-5P 597 United States - 37.6419, -121.229
GBMIN47848-17 BOLD:ABU9989 COI-5P 597 United States - 37.6126, -121.039
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Literature