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Orchid Weevil (Orchidophilus aterrimus)
Species
Orchidophilus aterrimus
- Orchid 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
Baridinae (Flower Weevils)
Tribe
Madarini
Genus
Orchidophilus
Species
aterrimus
(Orchid Weevil)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
has been lumped variously with
O. epidendri
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1
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Explanation of Names
Orchidophilus aterrimus
(Waterhouse 1874)
Size
2.7–6.0 mm
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1
)
Range
Native to Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and possibly Thailand, introduced and established on a number of tropical Pacific islands; adventive but not established in Canada, US, some European countries and Brazil
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1
)
Food
associated with Orchidaceae: Cypripedioideae
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1
)
Remarks
the most frequently intercepted and noxious species of the genus; earliest record in our area: DC 1906
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1
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Works Cited
1.
A synopsis of the orchid weevil genus Orchidophilus Buchanan (Curculionidae, Baridinae), with taxonomic rectifications...
Prena J. 2008. Zootaxa 1783: 18–30.
Contributed by
v belov
on 6 February, 2014 - 6:02pm