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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Minute Seed Weevils (Ceutorhynchinae) » Ceutorhynchini » Ceutorhynchus » Cabbage Curculio (Ceutorhynchus rapae)

Species Ceutorhynchus rapae - Cabbage Curculio

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
bluish-gray weevil - Ceutorhynchus rapae Cuculionidae -? - Ceutorhynchus rapae Ceutorhynchus rapae (Gyllenhal) - Ceutorhynchus rapae Small gray weevil - Ceutorhynchus rapae Ceutorhynchus rapae Ceutorhynchus rapae Ceutorhynchus rapae Ceutorhynchus rapae
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 Ceutorhynchinae (Minute Seed Weevils)
Tribe Ceutorhynchini
Genus Ceutorhynchus
Species rapae (Cabbage Curculio)
Explanation of Names
Ceutorhynchus rapae (Gyllenhal 1837)
Range
native to w. Palaearctic, adventive and widespread in NA (Canada to Mexico)(1)(2)(3)
Food
hosts: several members of Brassicaceae; occasionally on Cannabis sativa(3)
Remarks
attacks broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and turnip plants by mining the stalks and feeding on the leaves(4)
Internet References
Species page(4)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera Poloniae
2.Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska
3.Catalogue of Ceutorhynchinae of the world, with a key to genera (Insecta Coleoptera Curculionidae)
Colonnelli E. 2004. Argania Editio, Barcelona. 124 pp.
4.Insectipedia -- Organic Garden Encyclopedia
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 21 August, 2009 - 11:55pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 19 May, 2013 - 3:58pm

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