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Species Eudiagogus rosenschoeldi

Pink and black weevil - Eudiagogus rosenschoeldi Sesbania Clown Weevil - Eudiagogus rosenschoeldi Eudiagogus rosenschoeldi - female Small Pinkish Beetle - Eudiagogus rosenschoeldi Eudiagogus rosenschoeldi Fahraeus - Eudiagogus rosenschoeldi Eudiagogus rosenschoeldi? - Eudiagogus rosenschoeldi Eudiagogus rosenschoeldi Weevil - Eudiagogus rosenschoeldi
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 Eudiagogini
Genus Eudiagogus (Sesbania Clown Weevils)
Species rosenschoeldi (Eudiagogus rosenschoeldi)
Other Common Names
Speckled Clown Weevil
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eudiagogus rosenschoeldi Fåhraeus 1840
Numbers
4.1-7.1 mm(1)
Identification
pronotum lacking transversal band, elytral outer band mottled

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2012
Range
sc. US and coastal se. US (SC-FL to OK-TX) - Map (1)(2)
Life Cycle
Adults feed externally on foliage, and larvae feed on nitrogen-fixing root nodules of several spp. of Sesbania (Fabaceae) (3)
Large numbers of adults overwinter under loose bark of standing trees. (3)
Print References
Warner, R.E. 1979. The genus Eudiagogus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Leptopiinae), with two new species on the weed Sesbania (Leguminosae). Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 81(2): 304-320.
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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Observations on the biology and ecology of two species of Eudiagogus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
Kovarik P.W., Burke H.R. 1989. The Southwestern Naturalist 34(2): 196-212.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 15 May, 2007 - 5:07am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 June, 2023 - 8:08pm

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