Lixus acutipennis is a slender, spindle-shaped weevil native to Korea, Japan, and China. It is not found in the United States. In Japan it is known as a pest of field-grown chrysanthemums, because its larvae tunnel inside the stems.
Appearance
- Appearance
- Narrow and tapered at both ends. Black, covered with short grayish-white hairs, with slanting dark bands across the wing covers. Freshly emerged adults are covered in fine orange hairs and can look like a different species.
Where it lives
- Range
- Korean Peninsula (including Jeju Island), Japan, and China. Not found in North America.
Behavior
- Diet
- Adults eat the leaves of plants in the aster family; larvae feed inside the stems.
Life cycle
- Larva
- Legless and creamy white with a reddish-brown head. Females lay single eggs into the base of a stem, and the larvae bore through the pith.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
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