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Dodder Gall Weevil (Smicronyx sculpticollis)
Species
Smicronyx sculpticollis
- Dodder Gall Weevil
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
Smicronychini
Genus
Smicronyx
No Taxon
(Subgenus Smicronyx)
Species
sculpticollis
(Dodder Gall Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Smicronyx sculpticollis
Casey 1892
Size
2.0-2.3 mm
(
1
)
Range
transcontinental (WA-CA-Baja to QC-GA) -
Map
(
1
)
(
2
)
(
3
)
(GBIF), mostly e. US to s. Calif.
Food
host: dodder (
Cuscuta
, Cuscutaceae)
(
1
)
Print References
Weiss H.B., West E. (1921) Notes on the dodder gall weevil,
Smicronyx sculpticollis
Casey. Ohio J. Sci. 22: 63-67 (
Full text
)
Works Cited
1.
Weevils of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae).
Janet C. Ciegler. 2010. Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. 276 pp.
2.
New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Quebec, Canada
de Tonnancour P., Anderson R.S., Bouchard P., Chantal C., Dumont S., Vigneault R. 2017. Zookeys 681: 95‒117.
3.
A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Curculionidae: Erirhininae
O'Brien C.W., Anderson D.M. 1996. USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-143f. 40 pp.
Contributed by
Tim Moyer
on 9 February, 2009 - 10:32am
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
,
onegunah
Last updated 26 June, 2022 - 6:46am