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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Oriental Broad-nosed Weevils (Cyphicerini) » Cyphicerina » Cyrtepistomus » Asiatic Oak Weevil (Cyrtepistomus castaneus)
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Weevil unknown - Cyrtepistomus castaneus
Copyright © 2010 Carol Wolf

Weevil unknown - Cyrtepistomus castaneus
Woodbury, Cannon County, Tennessee, USA
July 26, 2008
This is the only image I have of this weevil and I will appreciate any help with an ID.
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Contributed by Carol Wolf on 15 January, 2010 - 6:03pm
Last updated 15 January, 2010 - 7:04pm

Moved
Moved from Broad-nosed Weevils.
… v belov, 15 January, 2010 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so very much for the I
Thanks so very much for the ID.
… Carol Wolf, 15 January, 2010 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… Carol Wolf, 15 January, 2010 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

It resembles
Cyrtepistomus castaneus (Asiatic Oak Weevil):



Trouble is, it also resembles (in a general way, at least) several other species. Please consider this a guess, and wait for a second opinion. (That said, you'd probably be safe moving it to Subfamily Entiminae if you wanted to.)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 January, 2010 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the guess. You mu
Thanks for the guess. You must work at this day and night!! What devotion!! It is fun, isn't it? I will move it. Thanks again.
… Carol Wolf, 15 January, 2010 - 6:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Sometimes by day, and sometimes by night...
whenever I have a bit of time to spare. As I mentioned to someone else just today, I find the ID process both interesting and strangely addictive. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 January, 2010 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Cyrtepistomus castaneus
What a great guesser you are!!! Thanks also.
… Carol Wolf, 15 January, 2010 - 7:11pm login or register to post comments

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