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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Flower Weevils (Baridinae) » Baridini » Rhoptobaris » Rhoptobaris scolopax
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Curculionidae - Rhoptobaris scolopax
Copyright © 2014 Even Dankowicz

Curculionidae - Rhoptobaris scolopax
Busey Woods, Champaign County, Illinois, USA
September 2, 2013
host plant image attached. there were several of these beetles on the plant.
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Contributed by Even Dankowicz on 16 February, 2014 - 10:48am
Last updated 8 January, 2015 - 2:38pm

Lee Penner has suggested the
Lee Penner has suggested the host is Vernonia.
… Even Dankowicz, 15 December, 2015 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Baridinae.
… v belov, 8 January, 2015 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… v belov, 11 April, 2014 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

Host plant...
...is Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe, also known as C. maculosa and C. biebersteinii).
… John Pearson, 16 February, 2014 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

Baridinae is all i can tell at this point
may be teneral
… v belov, 16 February, 2014 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

 
seems unlikely, since I just
seems unlikely, since there were other individuals present with the same coloring and appearance)
… Even Dankowicz, 16 February, 2014 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Aulobaris scolopax (Say)
I think this is Aulobaris scolopax (Say) although the genus needs work.
… Robert Anderson, 10 December, 2014 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

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