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Species Otiorhynchus crataegi - Privet Weevil

Otiorhynchus (1216857) - 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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