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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Dryophthorinae » Rhinostomus » Rhinostomus frontalis

Species Rhinostomus frontalis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Yucca weevil? - Rhinostomus frontalis Yuccaborus (=Rhinostomus) frontalis (LeConte) - Rhinostomus frontalis Yuccaborus frontalis? - Rhinostomus frontalis Rhinostomus frontalis? - Rhinostomus frontalis Rhinostomus frontalis? - Rhinostomus frontalis Rhinostomus frontalis Rhinostomus frontalis? - Rhinostomus frontalis Rhinostomus frontalis? - Rhinostomus frontalis
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
Genus Rhinostomus
Species frontalis (Rhinostomus frontalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Yuccaborus frontalis LeConte 1874
subspecies no longer recognized
Explanation of Names
Rhinostomus frontalis (LeConte 1874)
Size
10-13 mm(1)
Range
sw US (s. CA-NV to c. & s. TX) / Mex. - Map (2)(3)
Food
host: Yucca (Liliaceae)(4)
Remarks
adults come to lights(4)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Beetles of California
Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.
2.Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies...
O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 17 June, 2008 - 4:01pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 July, 2019 - 9:39am

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