Species Rhinusa asellus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Works Cited

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 Rhinusa

Species asellus (Rhinusa asellus)

Explanation of Names

Rhinusa asellus (Gravenhorst 1807)

Size

2.6-4.5 mm

Range

Native to Europe, the Caucasus, and Turkey(1), adventive in US (NY,VT,MA,NH,ME)(2)

Food

hosts: Verbascum spp.(1)

Works Cited

1.	Rhinusa Stephens: a taxonomic revision of the species belonging to the R. tetra and R. bipustulata groups (Coleoptera Curculi... Caldara, Roberto. 2014. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 2(19): 1-46.

2.	Rhinusa asellus (Gravenhorst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a Eurasian Weevil New to North America, with a Summary of... DiGirolomo, M.F., Hoebeke, E.R., and Caldara, R. 2019. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.

Contributed by Marc DiGirolomo on 7 May, 2018 - 5:31pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 19 November, 2021 - 6:26am

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