Deliberately introduced to Australia as a control agent against thistles of the genus Onopordum. Larvae hollow out the capitulum (the cluster of small flowers or florets which make up the thistle flower).
Larinus latus is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | South Coast
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ANBG Central Molonglo Cotter Reserve Googong Foreshore Illilanga & Baroona Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby Jarramlee-West MacGregor Grasslands Jerrabomberra Wetlands Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm Lower Molonglo Molonglo River Reserve Mount Ainslie Mount Jerrabomberra Mount Jerrabomberra QP Mount Majura Mount Mugga Mugga Mount Painter Namadgi National Park Point Hut to Tharwa QPRC LGA Red Hill Nature Reserve Rugosa Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area Woodstock Nature Reserve Yarramundi GrasslandPlaces
Ainslie, ACT Belconnen, ACT Campbell, ACT Canberra Central, ACT Cook, ACT Denman Prospect, ACT Downer, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Googong, NSW Hackett, ACT Hawker, ACT Higgins, ACT Holt, ACT Jerrabomberra, ACT Jerrabomberra, NSW Kambah, ACT Michelago, NSW Molonglo Valley, ACT Murrumbateman, NSW Numeralla, NSW O'Malley, ACT Paddys River, ACT Red Hill, ACT Rendezvous Creek, ACT Stromlo, ACT Wamboin, NSW Yass River, NSW