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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) » Otiorhynchini » Otiorhynchus » Privet Weevil (Otiorhynchus crataegi)

Species Otiorhynchus crataegi - Privet Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Remarks · Works Cited
Weevil - Otiorhynchus crataegi Otiorhynchus (1216857) - Otiorhynchus crataegi Otiorhynchus (1216857) - Otiorhynchus crataegi Otiorhynchus crataegi Otiorhynchus crataegi Otiorhynchus crataegi Otiorhynchus crataegi Privet Weevils in extreme excess? - Otiorhynchus crataegi
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 Otiorhynchini
Genus Otiorhynchus
Species crataegi (Privet Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Otiorhynchus crataegi Germar 1824
Size
~5 mm(1)
Remarks
pest of ornamentals in e Europe & certain other parts of mainland Europe; adventive in England (since early 1980s)(1)
the sole member of the subg. Crataegodes Białooki 2015(2)
Works Cited
1.Pests of ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers: a colour handbook. 2nd ed.
Alford D.V. 2012. Academic Press. 480 pp.
2.BioLib.cz
Contributed by v belov on 5 June, 2017 - 12:28am
Last updated 14 February, 2025 - 9:52pm

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