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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Conoderinae » Twig and Stem Weevils (Zygopini) » Cylindrocopturus » Sunflower Stem Weevil (Cylindrocopturus adspersus)

Species Cylindrocopturus adspersus - Sunflower Stem Weevil

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Cylindrocopturus adspersus - Cylindrocopturus adspersus Cylindrocopturus adspersus (LeConte) - Cylindrocopturus adspersus Cylindrocopturus operculatus? - Cylindrocopturus adspersus Cylindrocopturus adspersus Cylindrocopturus adspersus Weevil 3.2mm - Cylindrocopturus adspersus Weevil 3.2mm - Cylindrocopturus adspersus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Conoderinae
Tribe Zygopini (Twig and Stem Weevils)
Genus Cylindrocopturus
Species adspersus (Sunflower Stem Weevil)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cylindrocopturus adspersus (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Copturus adspersus LeConte 1816
Range
CA-TX-NE-CO / BJ (1)(2)
Life Cycle
a key sunflower pest on the western High Plains since 1995 (2)
Remarks
"things under that name [C. adspersus] probably represent more than one species" --H.A. Hespenheide, pers. comm. to =v= 9.ii.2012
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Fact Sheet - Armstrong et al., CSU (2)
Works Cited
1.Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies...
O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.
2.Colorado State University Extension Publications
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 31 January, 2008 - 1:33pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 10 February, 2022 - 12:40am

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