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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Anthonomini » Anthonomus » subgenus Anthonomus (Anthonomus subgenus Anthonomus) » Potato Bud Weevil (Anthonomus nigrinus)

Species Anthonomus nigrinus - Potato Bud Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · 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 Curculioninae
Tribe Anthonomini
Genus Anthonomus
No Taxon (subgenus Anthonomus)
Species nigrinus (Potato Bud Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Anthonomus nigrinus Boheman 1843
Size
2.3-3.0 mm(1)
Identification
Elongate-oval robust. Black, thinly clothed with fine whitish pubescence. Beak rather stout (2)
Range
e. NA to MI & TX - Map (1)(3)(4)
Food
hosts: Solanum carolinense (the horse nettle), S. carolinense (potato)(1)
See Also
Anthonomus albopilosus Dietz
uniform thick distribution of hairs, and a long, thin rostrum:

front tibiae curved near base, first tarsal joint longer than second, femoral tooth large (2)
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.Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America
Blatchley and Leng. 1916. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis, Indiana. 682 pp.
3.An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas
Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 23 October, 2010 - 10:19pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 15 November, 2022 - 9:56am

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