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Tribe Sitonini

Broad-nosed Weevil - Sitona cylindricollis Sitona lineatus (Linnaeus) - Sitona lineatus Sweetclover Weevil? - Sitona cylindricollis Sitona - Sitona californius Pea Leaf Weevil? - Sitona lineatus Clover Weevil (Sitona hispidulus)? - Sitona hispidulus Sitona sp - Sitona lineellus beetle - Sitona californius
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 Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)
Tribe Sitonini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
higher taxonomy revised in(1)
Explanation of Names
Sitonini Gistel 1848
Food
hosts: various Fabaceae(1)
Works Cited
1.Systematics of Sitonini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), with a hypothesis on the evolution of feeding habits
Velázquez de Castro A.J., Alonso-Zarazaga M.Á., Outerelo R. 2007. Systematic Entomology 32: 312–331.