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Genus Lepyrus

Snout and Bark Beetle - Lepyrus palustris Lepyrus oregonus Which Weevil is this? - Lepyrus gemellus Another Snout beetle - Lepyrus palustris Lepyrus palustris ? - Lepyrus large grey weevil - Lepyrus Broad-nosed Weevil - Lepyrus oregonus Lepyrus oregonus
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 Molytinae
Genus Lepyrus
Explanation of Names
Lepyrus Germar 1817
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, but genus need revision(1)
Range
northern holarctic(2), in NA, boreal & w. montane(1)
Food
adults often on Salix, but larvae feed on roots of other plants(1)
Remarks
the sole member of the tribe Lepyrini Kirby 1837(2)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.