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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) » Phyllobiini » Phyllobius » Arborvitae Weevil (Phyllobius intrusus)

Species Phyllobius intrusus - Arborvitae Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Curculionoidea
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)
Tribe Phyllobiini
Genus Phyllobius
Species intrusus (Arborvitae Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Phyllobius intrusus Kôno 1948
Range
native to Japan, adventive in our area and known from ne. NA and from BC(1)
Food
associated with Cupressaceae(1)
Life Cycle
Eggs are laid in the soil in May and June. The larvae feed on the roots of the host plant.(2)
Overwinter as larvae or pupae(2)
Works Cited
1.The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, I: new records from New Brunswick
C.G. Majka, R.S. Anderson, D.F. McAlpine, & R.P. Webster. 2007. The Canadian Entomologist 139: 378-396.
2.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by v belov on 26 July, 2010 - 1:52pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Marci Hess
Last updated 30 July, 2023 - 12:03pm

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