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Subfamily Attelabinae - Leaf-rolling Weevils

Weevil McEevil - Himatolabus pubescens Oak Leafrolling Weevil - Synolabus bipustulatus - female Oak-munching weevil - Himatolabus pubescens Leaf-rolling Weevil - Synolabus nigripes St. Andrews leaf roller galls on Quercus nigra SA_G50 2016 1 Synolabus bipustulatus beetle - Homoeolabus analis Homoeolabus analis
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 Attelabidae (Leaf Rolling Weevils)
Subfamily Attelabinae (Leaf-rolling Weevils)
Explanation of Names
Attelabinae Billberg 1820
Numbers
6 spp. in 4 genera in our area(1), ~30 genera in 3 tribes worldwide(2)
Identification
see Boris Büche's comments at (3) to distinguish two most confusing spp.
Range
most of the world (except Australasia)(2), incl. much of NA(1)
Remarks
females roll leaves; larvae develop in the leaf roll called 'nidus' (L. 'nest')
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 world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.
3.red weevil