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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) » Brachyderini » Strophosoma » Nut Leaf Weevil (Strophosoma melanogrammum)

Species Strophosoma melanogrammum - Nut Leaf Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · 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 Brachyderini
Genus Strophosoma
Species melanogrammum (Nut Leaf Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Strophosoma melanogrammum (Forster 1771)
Size
3.6-4.9 mm(1)
Identification
easily recognizable by the prominent eyes, by the head distinctly constricted behind the eye, and by the glabrous basal part [1/3-½] of the sutural interval(1)
Range
native to Europe, adventive in NA (introduced ca. 1888) and established in the northeast (NF-PQ-NJ) and northwest (BC-WA)(1)
Food
the adults feed on leaves of broad-leafed trees/shrubs(1)
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.
Contributed by tom murray on 11 May, 2006 - 6:10pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 15 March, 2017 - 6:54pm

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