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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Brachyceridae |
| Tribe: | Erirhinini |
| Genus: | Neochetina |
| Species: | N. bruchi
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| Binomial name | |
| Neochetina bruchi Hustache, 1926
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References
edit- ^ "Neochetina bruchi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Neochetina bruchi". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Neochetina bruchi species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
edit- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
External links
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