Genus Lignyodes

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited

weevil night - weevil #1 - Lignyodes helvolus

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 Curculioninae

Tribe Tychiini

Genus Lignyodes

Other Common Names

ash seed weevils

Explanation of Names

lignyot is Latin for smoky, sooty (1)

Numbers

17 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Range

Genus is "generally distributed" (2)

Food

Genus hosts on members of the Oleaceae (Olive) family (2)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Boris Büche on 18 October, 2008 - 6:06am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 17 May, 2009 - 2:13pm

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