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Watercress Weevil (Poophagus sisymbrii)
Species
Poophagus sisymbrii
- Watercress Weevil
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
Ceutorhynchini
Genus
Poophagus
Species
sisymbrii
(Watercress Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Poophagus sisymbrii
(Fabricius 1776)
Range
native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (QC)
(
1
)
Food
hosts:
Rorippa
spp., occasionally on
Nasturtium officinale
(
1
)
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
Catalogue of Ceutorhynchinae of the world, with a key to genera (Insecta Coleoptera Curculionidae)
Colonnelli E. 2004. Argania Editio, Barcelona. 124 pp.
2.
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.
Contributed by
v belov
on 4 February, 2014 - 6:29pm
Last updated 21 January, 2015 - 8:20pm