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Species Odontocorynus calcarifer

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 Odontocorynus

Species calcarifer (Odontocorynus calcarifer)

Explanation of Names

Odontocorynus calcarifer Prena 2008

Size

standard length 3.0–4.8 mm(1)

Range

sw MO to s. TX, also along Gulf Coast (NC-FL-AL) - Map (1)(2)

Season

late May to early Oct(1)

Life Cycle

on Asclepias, also on comps, euphorbs, grasses, Monarda, and Solanum spp.(1)

Works Cited

1.	Review of Odontocorynus Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae) with descriptions of four new species Prena J. 2008. The Coleopterists Bulletin 62: 243-277.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 31 October, 2014 - 8:29pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 July, 2023 - 2:07pm

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