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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionoidea) » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Tychiini » Lignyodes » Lignyodes varius

Species Lignyodes varius

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
weevil - Lignyodes varius weevil - Lignyodes varius weevil - Lignyodes varius
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
Species varius (Lignyodes varius)
Other Common Names
Variegated Weevil
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tylopterus varius LeConte
Explanation of Names
varius - Latin for variegated, mottled (1)
Numbers
17 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Size
3mm (LeConte, 1876)
Range
Texas (3)
Life Cycle
Breeds in the berries of Oleaceae: Forestiera pubescens Nutt. (syn: Adelia pubescens) at Dallas (Pierce 1916)
Forestiera pubescens range in TX - USDA Plants Database
Remarks
TYPE collected in Texas (one male) by Gustave W. Belfarge (LeConte, 1876)
See Also
Lignyodes adamanteus (Clark)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1876. The Rhynchophora of America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 455 pp. Full Text
Pierce, W.D. 1916. Notes on the habits of weevils. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 18(1): 6–10. Full Text
Internet References
TYPE - Harvard MCZ
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.)
3.Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
By Charles W. Leng. 1920.
Contributed by v belov on 13 May, 2009 - 11:06pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 24 November, 2009 - 7:08am

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