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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Otiorhynchini » Otiorhynchus » Otiorhynchus raucus

Species Otiorhynchus raucus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 Otiorhynchini
Genus Otiorhynchus
Species raucus (Otiorhynchus raucus)
Explanation of Names
Otiorhynchus (Choilisanus) raucus (Fabricius 1776)
Size
5.5-7.5 mm(1)
Range
native to w. Palaearctic (Europe to Kazakhstan)(2), adventive in NA and widespread in the north (across so. Canada & adjacent US)(3)(1)
Season
adults in spring and summer
Food
polyphagous(2); some commercially important food plants in NA listed in(4)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: ON 1936(3)
Works Cited
1.Insects and Arachnids of Canada Series, Part 25. Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae.
Donald E. Bright, Patrice Bouchard. 2008. 2008. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2.Coleoptera Poloniae
3.The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New records from Nova Scotia...
C.G. Majka, R.S. Anderson, & D.B. McCorquodale. 2007. The Canadian Entomologist 139: 397–442.
4.Weevils attacking fruit trees in Washington
E.H. Beers et al. 2003. Proceedings of the 77th Annual Western Orchard Pest & Disease Management Conference, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 19 October, 2005 - 11:50am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 6 June, 2012 - 1:54am

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