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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Gorse Seed Weevil (Exapion ulicis)
Species
Exapion ulicis
- Gorse Seed Weevil
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)
Genus
Exapion
Species
ulicis
(Gorse Seed Weevil)
Other Common Names
Gorse Weevil
Explanation of Names
Exapion ulicis
(Forster 1771)
Size
1.7‒2.4 mm
Identification
native to w. Palaearctic
(
1
)
, released in the US for weed control and now established along the Pacific WA‒CA
Food
host: various Fabaceae, incl. gorse (
Ulex europaeus
)
(
1
)
Remarks
first released in the US to control gorse (
Ulex europaeus
) in 1926
Internet References
Species page
Works Cited
1.
Coleoptera Poloniae
Contributed by
v belov
on 5 January, 2015 - 4:27pm
Last updated 15 October, 2023 - 7:47pm