Species Calomycterus setarius - Imported Long-horned Weevil

Classification · Size · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

A very small Weevil - Calomycterus setarius

Imported Long-horned Weevil - Calomycterus setarius

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 Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)

Tribe Cyphicerini

Genus Calomycterus

Species setarius (Imported Long-horned Weevil)

Size

4mm

Remarks

Accidentally imported from Japan, and is now common through the eastern U.S.

Print References

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Works Cited

1.	Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America By Stephen A. Marshall

Contributed by tom murray on 15 October, 2006 - 3:12pm

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