Species Tychius cuprifer

Classification · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited

Weevil from Virginia 10.05.29 (2) - Tychius cuprifer

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)

Subtribe Tychiina

Genus Tychius

Species cuprifer (Tychius cuprifer)

Identification

front tibia with a distinct tooth (T. meliloti males also have it, but the body is not nearly as slender) (R.S. Anderson's comment)

Range

native to w. Palearctic, introduced in NA (MD-VA area)(1)

Food

host plants: Trifolium spp., Teline monspessulana(2); also on Rumex obtusifolius (Polygonaceae) in Europe(1)

Works Cited

1.	Wild plants and their associated insects in the Palearctic Region, primarily Europe and the Middle East Campobasso G., Colonnelli E., Knutson L., Terragitti G., Cristofaro M., eds. 1999. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, ARS–147.

2.	Tychius meliloti Stephens new to Canada with a brief review of the species of Tychius Germar introduced into North America... Anderson R.S., Howden A.T. 1994. Can. Entomol. 126: 1363‒1368.

Contributed by v belov on 27 May, 2010 - 9:37pm
Last updated 14 January, 2011 - 4:02pm

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