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Species Kissingeria amaura

Representative Images

Kissinger amarum (Kissinger) - Kissingeria amaura - female Apioninae on Purple Prairie Clover - Kissingeria amaura Curculionidae Trichapion rostrum - wild indigo weevil? - Kissingeria amaura Curculionidae Trichapion rostrum - wild indigo weevil? - Kissingeria amaura Apioninae, dorsal - Kissingeria amaura Apioninae, lateral - Kissingeria amaura Apioninae, frontal - Kissingeria amaura Trichapion minor - 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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