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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Dryophthorinae » Rhynchophorini » Sphenophorina » Rhodobaenus » Cocklebur Weevil (Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus)

Species Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus - Cocklebur Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Curculionidae (Snout beetle) Rhynchophorus sp. ? - Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus Cocklebur Billbug - Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus (Say) - Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus Ironweed Curculio? - Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus Weevil - Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus
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 Dryophthorinae
Tribe Rhynchophorini
Subtribe Sphenophorina
Genus Rhodobaenus
Species quinquepunctatus (Cocklebur Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus (Say 1824)
Size
5-7.5 mm(1)
Identification
Elytra and pronotum red with black spots that coalesce or form patches, especially on posterior portion of elytra; there is also a melanic form.
Range
e NA (QC-FL to SD-TX); Mex.(2)
See Also
Rhynchophorus cruentatus (Fabricius)
- Range: coastal SE US
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.The genus Rhodobaenus Leconte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae) in the United States of America
Anderson R.S. 2010. The Coleopterists Bulletin 64: 124.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 14 December, 2007 - 10:51am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, John VanDyk, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 April, 2017 - 8:16pm

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