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Species Rhyssomatus palmacollis

Weevil - Rhyssomatus palmacollis Weevil on milkweed flower - Rhyssomatus palmacollis Rhyssomatus? - Rhyssomatus palmacollis Another weevil - Rhyssomatus palmacollis Rhyssomatus palmacollis (Say) - Rhyssomatus palmacollis Black, mottled weevil - Rhyssomatus palmacollis Weevil - Rhyssomatus palmacollis Curculionidae - Rhyssomatus palmacollis
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
Genus Rhyssomatus
Species palmacollis (Rhyssomatus palmacollis)
Explanation of Names
Rhyssomatus palmacollis (Say 1831)
palmacollis 'with palmate neck' (refers to pronotal sculpture)
Size
4.5–5.7 mm(1)
Range
e. US (*MA–FL to *IA–TX); Mexico(1)(2)(*BG data)
Food
host: Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae)(1)