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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Pea and Bean Weevils (Bruchinae) » Bruchini » Acanthoscelidina » Bruchidius » Broom Seed Beetle (Bruchidius villosus)

Species Bruchidius villosus - Broom Seed Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
weevil?? - Bruchidius villosus Pea Beetle - Bruchidius villosus Bruchidius? Found on Blackberry blossums - Bruchidius villosus Tiny Black Beetles - Bruchidius villosus Bruchinae? - Bruchidius villosus Pack Forest-1 - Bruchidius villosus beetles on Nootka roses - Bruchidius villosus Dermestid beetle? - Bruchidius villosus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Bruchinae (Pea and Bean Weevils)
Tribe Bruchini
Subtribe Acanthoscelidina
Genus Bruchidius
Species villosus (Broom Seed Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Bruchidius villosus (Fabricius 1792)
Range
native to Europe, introduced in NA accidentally and currently widespread from QC & ON to NC, then released in the Pacific Northwest(1)
Food
specialist of genistoid legumes, in NA esp. on Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius)(1)
Remarks
first NA record: MA ca. 1918; used to control Scotch Broom in the Pacific Northwest(1)
Internet References
Fact sheets: anon.(2) | Pierce ()(3)
Works Cited
1.First North American records of the East Palearctic seed beetle Bruchidius terrenus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)...
E.R. Hoebeke, A.G. Wheeler, jr., J.M. Kingsolver, D.L. Stephan. 2009. Florida Entomologist 92(3): 434-440.
2.Invasive plants with biocontrol -- BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
3.Integrated Weed Control Project: Biological control agents
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 9 January, 2009 - 2:47pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 7 February, 2014 - 6:45pm

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