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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) » Naupactini » White-fringed Weevils (Naupactus) » Fuller Rose Beetle (Naupactus cervinus)

Species Naupactus cervinus - Fuller Rose Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Weevil with black waistband - Naupactus cervinus

Fuller rose weevil? - Naupactus cervinus

Beetle or perhaps a weevil? - Naupactus cervinus

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 Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)

Tribe Naupactini

Genus Naupactus (White-fringed Weevils)

Species cervinus (Fuller Rose Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Asynonychus godmanni Crotch 1867 (sometimes spelled godmani), Aramigus fulleri Horn 1876, Pantomorus cervinus (Boheman)

Explanation of Names

Naupactus cervinus Boheman 1840

cervinus = 'deer-like' (prob. refers to the color)

Andrew Samuel Fuller (1869-1896) of Ridgewood, NJ, was a botanist, horticulturist, writer, and insect collector, who gave Horn the type specimen

Size

6.5-8.5 mm

Identification

Shoulders reduced (flightless), unlike in other spp. of the genus. A short oblique pale band on about the middle of sides of elytra is diagnostic.

Det. M.A. Quinn, 2012

Range

adventive: e. US to CA up to WA - Map (1)(2)(3), native to S. America, now cosmopolitan

Food

highly polyphagous (host list)(2); best known for the damage it inflicts on roses(4); larvae feed on roots; adults, on leaves, buds, and flowers

Remarks

may be a major greenhouse pest(1)

earliest record in our area: CA 1879(2)

Considered invasive in this country. (Capinera, John L. North American Vegetable Pests. The Pattern of Invasion. American Entomologist. Spring 2002)

Internet References

Featured Creatures (Gyeltshen & Hodges 2009)(2)

Works Cited

1.	Insects and Arachnids of Canada Series, Part 25. Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae. Donald E. Bright, Patrice Bouchard. 2008. 2008. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

2.	University of Florida: Featured Creatures

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida

Contributed by Boris Büche on 15 May, 2007 - 4:02am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 January, 2022 - 10:49am

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