Species Kissingeria amaura

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Works Cited

Apioninae, 1st antennal segments - Kissingeria amaura

Curculionidae Trichapion rostrum - wild indigo weevil? - Kissingeria amaura

Curculionidae - Kissingeria amaura - Pear-shaped weevil? - Kissingeria amaura

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 Brentidae (Primitive Weevils)

Subfamily Apioninae (Pear-shaped Weevils)

Tribe Oxystomatini

Subtribe Trichapiina

Genus Kissingeria

Species amaura (Kissingeria amaura)

Explanation of Names

Kissingeria amaura (Kissinger 1968)

Size

1.7-2.4 mm(1)

Range

w. NA (AB-WA-CA to MB-IA-TX)(2)

Food

Host: Dalea candida(1)

Works Cited

1.	Weevils of Kansas - A Manual for Identification Glenn Arthur Salsbury. 2000. Private/Self.

2.	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 v belov on 4 January, 2015 - 3:21pm
Last updated 5 January, 2015 - 4:04pm

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