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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) » Phyllobiini » Aphrastus » Aphrastus taeniatus

Species Aphrastus taeniatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Broad-nosed Weevil - Aphrastus taeniatus Broad-nosed Weevil - Aphrastus taeniatus broad-nosed weevil - Aphrastus taeniatus Aphrastus taeniatus? - Aphrastus taeniatus Aphrastus taeniatus? - Aphrastus taeniatus Broad-nosed Weevils - Aphrastus taeniatus - male - female entemine weevil - Aphrastus taeniatus Aphrastus taeniatus
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 Phyllobiini
Genus Aphrastus
Species taeniatus (Aphrastus taeniatus)
Explanation of Names
Aphrastus taeniatus Say 1831
taeniatus = 'stripy'
Size
5.5-6.5 mm(1)
Range
e US (NY-IA to FL-MS)(2)
Life Cycle
Breed abundantly in the roots of various coarse grasses(1)
Works Cited
1.Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America
Blatchley and Leng. 1916. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis, Indiana. 682 pp.
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
Contributed by tom murray on 11 May, 2006 - 6:14pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 January, 2018 - 2:09pm

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