Trichobaris mucorea G.C.Champion, 1909 is a animal in the Curculionidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Trichobaris mucorea G.C.Champion, 1909
Trichobaris mucorea, the tobacco stalk borer, is a North American flower weevil that develops inside wild tobacco stems.
Trichobaris mucorea, commonly known as the tobacco stalk borer, is a species of flower weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae. This species is found in North America. It is associated with the wild tobacco plant *Nicotiana attenuata*, and spends most of its life cycle—from the egg stage through to the adult stage—hidden inside the plant’s stem, where it feeds on the stem pith.
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Atrichonotus taeniatulus (Berg, 1881)
Glyptobaris lecontei G.C.Champion, 1909
Scolytus multistriatus (T.Marsham, 1802)
Conotrachelus naso Leconte, 1876
Tyloderma foveolatum LeConte & Horn, 1876
Rhinoncomimus latipes Korotyaev, 1997
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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