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Species Sphenophorus phoeniciensis - Phoenix Billbug

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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 Dryophthorinae

Tribe Rhynchophorini

Subtribe Sphenophorina

Genus Sphenophorus (Billbugs)

Species phoeniciensis (Phoenix Billbug)

Other Common Names

Phoenician Billbug

Explanation of Names

Sphenophorus phoeniciensis Chittenden 1904

Range

sw. US (AZ-NV-CA) to C. America; Hawaii(1)

Food

associated with zoysiagrass and bermudagrass(2)

Works Cited

1.	A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Curculionidae: Rhynchophorinae Vaurie P. 1983. USDA handbook no. 529-143a. x+28 pp.

2.	Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides) Whitney Cranshaw. 2004. Princeton University Press.

Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 17 March, 2010 - 8:52pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 31 May, 2012 - 9:18pm

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