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For the United States & Canada

Species Conotrachelus albicinctus

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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 Molytinae
Tribe Conotrachelini
Genus Conotrachelus
Species albicinctus (Conotrachelus albicinctus)
Explanation of Names
Conotrachelus albicinctus LeConte 1876
Size
2.5-4.8 mm(1)
Identification

Det. E. G. Riley, 2008
Range
e US (MA-FL to IA-TX) - Map (2)(1)(3), uncommonly reported
Food
Reared from cecidomyiid stem galls on swamp dogwood
See Also
Conotrachelus buchanani Schoof
- Range: e. NA to AZ
Det. Charles O'Brien, 2009
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard