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Species Smicronyx amoenus

Smicronyx amoenus (Say) - Smicronyx amoenus - male

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 Curculioninae

Tribe Smicronychini

Genus Smicronyx

No Taxon (Subgenus Pachyphanes)

Species amoenus (Smicronyx amoenus)

Explanation of Names

Smicronyx amoenus (Say 1831)

Size

2.1-2.7 mm(1)

Range

MA-FL to SK-UT(2)

Food

on Ambrosia, Helianthus, Solidago(1)

Works Cited

1.	Weevils of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae). Janet C. Ciegler. 2010. Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. 276 pp.

2.	A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Curculionidae: Erirhininae O'Brien C.W., Anderson D.M. 1996. USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-143f. 40 pp.

Contributed by v belov on 17 January, 2015 - 11:26am
Last updated 12 October, 2020 - 1:47pm

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