Genus Coccotorus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Wild plum weevil - Coccotorus scutellaris

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 Curculioninae

Tribe Anthonomini

Genus Coccotorus

Explanation of Names

Coccotorus LeConte 1876

Numbers

4 spp. in our area(1)

Range

e. & c. NA(1)

Food

Associated with Prunus (Rosaceae)(1)

Print References

Chittenden, F.H. 1925. The genus Coccotorus Leconte (Coleoptera). Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, 27(6): 129-132. (2)

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	The genus Coccotorus Leconte (Coleoptera). Chittenden, F.H. 1925. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 27(6): 129-132.

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 21 January, 2009 - 10:16pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 8 February, 2024 - 12:51pm

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