Species Ochyromera ligustri - Ligustrum Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Curculioninae-- Ochyromera ligustri? - Ochyromera ligustri

Ochyromera ligustri - Ligustrum Weevil - tenative - Ochyromera ligustri

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)

Genus Ochyromera

Species ligustri (Ligustrum Weevil)

Explanation of Names

Ochyromera ligustri Warner 1961

Size

3.0‒4.7 mm(1)

Range

native to SE Asia, adventive in our area(1)(2) (e.US: *MA‒NJ‒FL to SD‒TX)(3)(*BG data)

Food

hosts: adventive Ligustrum spp. (Oleaceae)(4)

Life Cycle

Univoltine. Females oviposit in the seed or in mature fruit; young larvae feed in fruit during fall‒winter. Full-grown larvae and pupae appear in late Apr ‒ early May the following year.(4)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: NC 1959 (accidentally introduced with host plant); by 2005, reached c.TX(5)(6)

Internet References

Fact sheet (Cuda & Zeller 2014)(4)

Works Cited

1.	Weevils of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae). Janet C. Ciegler. 2010. Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. 276 pp.

2.	An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.

3.	Adventive weevils recorded from North America: A review and illustrated manual for their identification... Hoebeke E.R., LaBonte J.R., Loeffler K.E. 2024. Coleopterists Soc. Special Publication 5: 1–604, 219 plates.

4.	University of Florida: Featured Creatures

5.	Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies... O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.

6.	University of Texas Insect Collection (UTIC)

Contributed by v belov on 8 October, 2009 - 10:34pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 13 July, 2024 - 1:36pm

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