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Species Conotrachelus seniculus

Curculionidae, pollen - Conotrachelus seniculus Curculionidae, head - Conotrachelus seniculus Conotrachelus seniculus? - Conotrachelus seniculus weevil, possibly Genus Conotrachelus - Conotrachelus seniculus Conotrachelus seniculus Beetle - Conotrachelus seniculus Conotrachelus - Conotrachelus seniculus Conotrachelus seniculus
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 seniculus (Conotrachelus seniculus)
Explanation of Names
Conotrachelus seniculus LeConte 1876
seniculus = 'old man' (refers to the grayish vestiture)
Size
3.7-5.0 mm(1)
Range
e NA to CA (QC-FL to NE-CA); Mexico(1)
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.