Genus Plocamus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited

Curculionidae, hairy one - Plocamus echidna

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 Baridinae (Flower Weevils)

Tribe Apostasimerini

Genus Plocamus

Explanation of Names

Plocamus LeConte 1876

Identification

see(1) to separate spp.

Range

2 spp.(2)

Food

adults asso. w/ hickory, beech, and maple(2)

Works Cited

1.	Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America Blatchley and Leng. 1916. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis, Indiana. 682 pp.

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 7 February, 2008 - 6:18pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 6 December, 2014 - 2:34pm

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