Species Perigaster cretura

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited

Perigaster cretura (Herbst) - Perigaster cretura

Little Round Weevil - Perigaster cretura

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 Ceutorhynchinae (Minute Seed Weevils)

Tribe Cnemogonini

Genus Perigaster

Species cretura (Perigaster cretura)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Perigaster cretura (Herbst)

Orig. Comb: Curculio cretura Herbst 1797

Numbers

4 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Range

e. US (TX-FL-NY-MI) - Map (2)(3)

Habitat

Wetland margins (2)

Life Cycle

Adults, larvae, and pupae occur on species of primrose-willow - Ludwigia (Onagraceae).

Larvae feed externally on the leaves and cover themselves with a protective covering of their own excrement.

Pupation occurs on the leaves in a cell formed from a secreted material, excrement, and bits of debris. (Clark 1976)

Print References

Clark, W.E. 1976. Notes on the life history and habits of Perigaster cretura (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with descriptions of the larva and pupa. The Coleopterists Bulletin 31(2): 159-165. JSTOR

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 10 May, 2012 - 7:43pm
Last updated 22 December, 2023 - 5:27pm

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