Genus Hypera

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Life Cycle · Works Cited

Black-beaked Green Weevil - Hypera nigrirostris

Mating weevils? - Hypera rumicis - male - female

Which beetle, please? - Hypera - male - female

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 Hyperinae

Genus Hypera

Explanation of Names

From a Greek word that means "a cord." (1)

Numbers

16 species in North America (nearctica.com)

Life Cycle

Unlike most weevils, the larvae of Hypera spp. feed externally on the plants, and resemble small, green caterpillars. Pupation takes place in a globular cocoon, often with mesh-like walls.

Works Cited

1.	Rhynchophora or Weevils of North Eastern America By Willis Stanley Blatchley, Charles William Leng. 1916.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 May, 2006 - 8:46pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche, onegunah
Last updated 9 December, 2009 - 12:08pm

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