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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Mecinini » Mecinus » Stem Miner Weevil (Mecinus pyraster)

Species Mecinus pyraster - Stem Miner Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food
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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 Curculioninae
Tribe Mecinini
Genus Mecinus
Species pyraster (Stem Miner Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Mecinus pyraster (Herbst 1795)
Size
3-4.5 mm
Identification
Body cylindrical, rostrum rather short and strongly curved. Black, with white, a bit bristling hairs, especially on elytral apex, where they form a feeble crest on suture.
Range
native to Europe, introduced in NA
Habitat
Meadows
Food
Plantaginaceae: Plantago spp., especially P.lanceolata. Larvae develop in root crowns.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 30 August, 2007 - 10:10am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 19 January, 2017 - 9:34am

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