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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Pea and Bean Weevils (Bruchinae) » Bruchini » Acanthoscelidina » Acanthoscelides » Acanthoscelides tenuis

Species Acanthoscelides tenuis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited
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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 Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Bruchinae (Pea and Bean Weevils)
Tribe Bruchini
Subtribe Acanthoscelidina
Genus Acanthoscelides
Species tenuis (Acanthoscelides tenuis)
Explanation of Names
Acanthoscelides tenuis Bottimer 1935
tenuis = 'thin, slender'
Size
1.2–1.4 mm(1)
Range
scattered e. US (ON, MI, MO, TX-FL) - Map (1)(2), (range of hosts suggests a wider distribution)
Food
Hosts: Loosestrife (Lythrum alatum, L. linare, Lythraceae)(1)
See Also
Smaller than A. alboscutellatus

which it superficially resembles in the mottled pronotum, elytra, and pygidium, the intensely white scutellum, and bulbous male pygidium(1)
Works Cited
1.Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada
Kingsolver J.M. 2004. USDA Tech. Bull. 1912 (2 vols.).
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 17 July, 2010 - 3:20pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 10 August, 2022 - 12:21pm

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