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Little Leaf Notcher (suggested common name) Artipus floridanus Horn (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Gabrielle LaTora and Adam G. Dale


Release Date: 3/2/2020

DOI: 10.32473/edis-in1264-2019

Agriculture

Abstract

"Artipus floridanus Horn, also known as the little leaf notcher, is a secondary pest of citrus and several ornamental plants in Florida and the Caribbean. This species is in the order Coleoptera, the beetles, and the family Curculionidae, the weevils and snout beetles. It was first described by Horn in 1876 (Poole 1996). 

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LaTora, A. G., & Dale, A. (2020). Little Leaf Notcher (suggested common name) Artipus floridanus Horn (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae). EDIS, 2020(2). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1264-2019

Authors

Adam Dale
Adam Dale
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, turfgrass and ornamental entomology, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, FL

Publication #EENY-740

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