What is Larinus planus?
{{Taxobox | image = Larinus planus01.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Beetle|Coleoptera]] | familia = [[Curculionidae]] | subfamilia = [[Lixinae]] | genus = ''[[Larinus]]'' | species = '''''L. planus''''' | binomial = ''Larinus planus'' | binomial_authority = ([[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1792) }} '''''Larinus planus''''' is a [[weevil]], an [[insect]] of the [[Curculionidae]] family.<ref>It is also known as '''''Larinus carlinae'''''. {{cite web |title=Larinus planus (Fabricius, 1792) |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/uk-species/species/larinus_planus.html |website=Natural History Museum |publisher=The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London |access-date=30 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Larinus planus |url=https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/coleoptera/polyphaga/cucujiformia/curculionoidea/curculionidae/lixinae/lixini/larinus/larinus-planus/ |website=Plant Parasites of Europe |publisher=W.N. Ellis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |access-date=30 January 2019 |archive-date=22 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922203524/https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/coleoptera/polyphaga/cucujiformia/curculionoidea/curculionidae/lixinae/lixini/larinus/larinus-planus/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is native to [[Europe]], and is also common in [[North America]]. Both the larvae and adults feed on [[flower]] buds, mostly of [[thistle]]s. They are oval shaped, dark brown or black, and about 5-10 millimeters long.<ref name=BCMF>{{cite web |title=Larinus planus |url=https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hra/plants/biocontrol/detailed_bioagent_pages/Larinus_planus.htm |website=Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations |publisher=Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests |language=en |date=17 May 2007 |access-date=30 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130220841/https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hra/plants/biocontrol/detailed_bioagen