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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Cyclominae » Listroderini » Listroderes » Vegetable Weevil (Listroderes difficilis)

Species Listroderes difficilis - Vegetable Weevil

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Cyclominae
Tribe Listroderini
Genus Listroderes
Species difficilis (Vegetable Weevil)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
resurrected from synonymy with L. costirostris Schoenherr
Explanation of Names
Listroderes difficilis Germain 1895
Range
native to S. America, now almost worldwide in warm temperate/subtropical climates; in our area, across the south (CA to OK‒NC‒FL)(1)
Season
at lights throughout the year in e.-c.TX, abundant during winter (=v=)
Food
polyphagous, may feed on a wide range of vegetables, cultivated flowers, and weeds (Mau & Kessing 1992)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: MS 1922 (Mau & Kessing 1992)
Internet References
Fact sheets: Sparks & Riley • Mau & Kessing (1992)
Works Cited
1.A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
Contributed by Boris Büche on 15 May, 2007 - 4:35am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 5 January, 2025 - 4:14pm

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