Species Pseudocneorhinus bifasciatus - Twobanded Japanese Weevil

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Internet References

Beetle ID Request - Pseudocneorhinus bifasciatus

Twobanded Japanese weevil - Pseudocneorhinus bifasciatus

Snout Beetle - Pseudocneorhinus bifasciatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Curculionoidea (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Subfamily Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)

Tribe Trachyphloeini

Genus Pseudocneorhinus

Species bifasciatus (Twobanded Japanese Weevil)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: Roelofs, 1880

Another name: Callirhopalus bifasciatus

Explanation of Names

From Latin bi (=two) + fasciat (=banded)

Remarks

Introduced from Asia. Native to China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and eastern Siberia

Internet References

U. of Florida

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 1 August, 2008 - 9:46am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, onegunah
Last updated 6 December, 2009 - 12:38pm

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