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The vegetable weevil, Listroderes costirostris Schoenherr (Curculionidae: Cyclominae): a new invasive pest in Israel

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Two females of Listroderes costirostris Schoenherr (Curculionidae: Cyclominae: Rhytirrhinini) were collected in Israel. This is the first record of this species in the East Mediterranean region.

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Acknowledgments

I thank A. Traub, Hod HaSharon, Israel; Naomi Paz, Zoology Dept., Tel-Aviv University, Israel; and my brother, A. Friedman, Titusville, NJ, USA, for their help. Special thanks are due to O. Rittner and V. Kravchenko for producing the photographs.

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  1. Department of Zoology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel

    Ariel-Leib-Leonid Friedman

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Friedman, ALL. The vegetable weevil, Listroderes costirostris Schoenherr (Curculionidae: Cyclominae): a new invasive pest in Israel. Phytoparasitica 37, 331–332 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-009-0039-2

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