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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Polydrusini » Polydrusus » Pale Green Weevil (Polydrusus impressifrons)
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Beetle - Polydrusus impressifrons
Copyright © 2015 sh11

Beetle - Polydrusus impressifrons
Mississauga, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada
June 9, 2014
Size: 5-6 mm
Polydrusus impressifrons??

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Contributed by sh11 on 21 February, 2015 - 3:14pm
Last updated 21 February, 2015 - 5:17pm

yup; good call
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 21 February, 2015 - 5:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Eye spacing?
I am learning, was this ID based on the eye location, or other characteristics?
… Jeff Brown, 21 February, 2015 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

 
impressifrons is a good descriptive epithet
the frons is indeed wider and much flatter or slightly concave in this one
… v belov, 21 February, 2015 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

 
v and Jeff
Thanks to you both for the feedback
… sh11, 21 February, 2015 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

Polydrusus
I agree with Polydrusus, but would suggest a Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil, Polydrusus formosus.

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One of experts should weigh in soon.
… Jeff Brown, 21 February, 2015 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

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