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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 Seedpod Weevil (Ceutorhynchus obstrictus)

Species Ceutorhynchus obstrictus - Cabbage Seedpod Weevil

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Ceutorhynchinae (Minute Seed Weevils)
Tribe Ceutorhynchini
Genus Ceutorhynchus
Species obstrictus (Cabbage Seedpod Weevil)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
contrary to some reports, Ceutorhynchus assimilis does not occur in NA; its NA records probably refer to C. obstrictus
Explanation of Names
Ceutorhynchus obstrictus (Marsham 1802)
Size
2-4 mm(1)
Identification
dorsal habitus
Range
native to Europe, adventive and widespread in NA (across so. Canada and much of the US)(1)
Food
adults feed on various Brassicaceae; larvae in Brassica seedpods(1)
Remarks
serious pest of canola (Brassica napus) and oilseed rape (B. rapa) in North America; earliest record in our area: BC 1931(2)
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
2.New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Anthribidae, Brentidae, Dryophthoridae, Brachyceridae, and Curculionidae...
Webster R.P., Anderson R.S., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I. 2012. Zookeys 179: 349-406.
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 21 August, 2009 - 11:58pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 4 April, 2013 - 7:36pm

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