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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Dryophthorinae » Rhynchophorini » Sphenophorina » Billbugs (Sphenophorus) » Clay-coloured Billbug (Sphenophorus aequalis)

Species Sphenophorus aequalis - Clay-coloured Billbug

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Weevil of sorts? - Sphenophorus aequalis Unknown weevils - Sphenophorus aequalis Snout Bug Profile - Sphenophorus aequalis LSAM billbug 25 - Sphenophorus aequalis - male LSAM billbug 26 - Sphenophorus aequalis Clay-coloured Billbug - Sphenophorus aequalis Clay-coloured Billbug - Sphenophorus aequalis billbug in Coyote Hills Park on 2022 May 20 - Sphenophorus aequalis
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 Dryophthorinae
Tribe Rhynchophorini
Subtribe Sphenophorina
Genus Sphenophorus (Billbugs)
Species aequalis (Clay-coloured Billbug)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
abrasus, discolor, ochraceus
Explanation of Names
Sphenophorus aequalis Gyllenhaal 1828
Numbers
4 subspecies in our area(1)
Range
transcontinental (NS-BC to NC-LA-TX-CA)(2)(3); 3 sspp. are western, the nominate one transcontinental(1)
Remarks
may damage corn plants
Works Cited
1.A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Curculionidae: Rhynchophorinae
Vaurie P. 1983. USDA handbook no. 529-143a. x+28 pp.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies...
O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 30 March, 2007 - 11:19am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Graham M, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 20 December, 2016 - 9:32pm

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