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Species Tychius stephensi - Red Clover Seed Weevil

Weevil from Virginia 10.05.29 (1) - Tychius stephensi

Red Clover Seed Weevil - Tychius stephensi

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 Curculioninae

Tribe Tychiini (Leguminous Seed Weevils)

Subtribe Tychiina

Genus Tychius

Species stephensi (Red Clover Seed Weevil)

Explanation of Names

Tychius stephensi Schönherr 1836

Size

2‒2.5 mm(1)

Identification

images(2)

Range

native to Europe, adventive and widespread in NA(3)(4)

Food

hosts: Trifolium spp. (Fabaceae)(4)

Remarks

introduced ca.1913(3)

Works Cited

1.	Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet

2.	MCZ Type Database @ Harvard Entomology

3.	The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New records from Nova Scotia... Majka C.G., Anderson R.S., McCorquodale D.B. 2007. Can. Entomol. 139: 397–442.

4.	Tychius meliloti Stephens new to Canada with a brief review of the species of Tychius Germar introduced into North America... Anderson R.S., Howden A.T. 1994. Can. Entomol. 126: 1363‒1368.

Contributed by Guy A. Hanley on 9 February, 2009 - 8:41am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, kschnei, v belov
Last updated 24 January, 2025 - 5:58pm

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