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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionoidea) » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Curculionini » Nut and Acorn Weevils (Curculio)

Genus Curculio - Nut and Acorn Weevils

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Identification · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 Curculioninae
Tribe Curculionini
Genus Curculio (Nut and Acorn Weevils)
Other Common Names
WARNING: The word 'curculio' is used as an element in common names of a number of weevils belonging to other taxa, sometimes other families
Numbers
27 Nearctic species(1)(2); over 350 species worldwide.
Identification
Long slender beak; body robust. In some species, female snout may be longer than the body (never in males).
Food
Associated with various Fagaceae, Juglandaceae, and Betulaceae(1)
Life Cycle
Female uses her long snout for boring into nuts/acorns, and deposits eggs there. Larvae feed inside the acorn/nut and emerges to pupate in the soil.
Remarks
females ovipositing video
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
2.A catalog of Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. Curculionidae: Curculioninae
By L.P. Gibson
Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 5 September, 2004 - 7:08am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 1 February, 2011 - 3:27pm

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