Neochetina bruchi
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Neochetina bruchi, the chevroned water hyacinth weevil, is a species of marsh weevil in the beetle family Brachyceridae found in South America. It has been introduced into North America as biocontrol of the invasive plant Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth).[1][2][3]
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Neochetina bruchi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Brachyceridae |
Tribe: | Erirhinini |
Genus: | Neochetina |
Species: | N. bruchi |
Binomial name | |
Neochetina bruchi Hustache, 1926 | |
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