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Species Betulapion simile - Birch Catkin Weevil

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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 Brentidae (Primitive Weevils)
Subfamily Apioninae (Pear-shaped Weevils)
Tribe Oxystomatini
Subtribe Trichapiina
Genus Betulapion
Species simile (Birch Catkin Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Betulapion simile (W. Kirby 1811)
Numbers
2 sspp. total; in our area, B. simile walshii (J.B. Smith 1884)
Size
2.7 mm(1)
Range
holarctic species; B. s. walshii across NA north to NF-BC(2), the nominate subspecies in n. Eurasia
Food
On paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
Internet References
Species page(3)
adult image(1)
Works Cited
1.Atlas of beetles of Russia
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.WCG – Website of the Watford Coleoptera Group
Contributed by v belov on 11 June, 2009 - 2:26am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 8 January, 2015 - 10:42am

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