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Species Dietzella zimmermanni

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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 Ceutorhynchinae (Minute Seed Weevils)
Tribe Cnemogonini
Genus Dietzella
Species zimmermanni (Dietzella zimmermanni)
Explanation of Names
Dietzella zimmermanni (Gyllenhal)
Range
so. Canada, e. & w. US(1)
Food
Evening primrose family (Onagraceae)
Remarks
bird dropping mimic
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.