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Genus Colecerus

tiny gray and white weevil - Colecerus marmoratus Colecerus marmoratus (Horn) - Colecerus marmoratus Colecerus marmoratus Horn - Colecerus marmoratus Colecerus marmoratus (Horn) - Colecerus marmoratus Colecerus dispar? - Colecerus dispar beetle, looks similar to Cylindrocopturus ?? - Colecerus marmoratus Colecerus dispar? - Colecerus dispar Colecerus dispar? - Colecerus dispar
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 Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)
Tribe Eudiagogini
Genus Colecerus
Explanation of Names
Colecerus Schönherr 1840
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1)
Identification
Type photos dispar and marmoratus
Range
Both spp. in TX, one also in AZ(1)
Food
Adults feed on leaves of various Fabaceae, esp. Prosopis, Mimosa, Acacia(1)
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.