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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Smicronychini » Smicronyx » Subgenus Pseudosmicronyx (Smicronyx Subgenus Pseudosmicronyx) » Smicronyx flavicans

Species Smicronyx flavicans

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · 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 Curculioninae
Tribe Smicronychini
Genus Smicronyx
No Taxon (Subgenus Pseudosmicronyx)
Species flavicans (Smicronyx flavicans)
Explanation of Names
Smicronyx flavicans LeConte, 1876
Size
2.7-3.2 mm
Range
e. NA (NB-ND south to VA-KY-TX)(1)
Food
on Ambrosia trifida(1)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Curculionidae: Erirhininae
O'Brien C.W., Anderson D.M. 1996. USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-143f. 40 pp.
Contributed by Tim Moyer on 5 October, 2009 - 9:57pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 30 June, 2023 - 10:35am

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