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Species Parascythopus intrusus - Arborvitae Weevil

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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 Parascythopus
Species intrusus (Arborvitae Weevil)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phyllobius intrusus Kôno 1948
Size
5.0–6.0 mm(1)
Range
native to Japan, adventive in our area and known from ne.NA (NB–QC–NJ) & from BC(1)
Food
hosts: Cupressaceae; larvae feed on the roots(1)
Life Cycle
Eggs laid in May–Jun. Overwinter as larvae/pupae(2)
Remarks
earliest NA record: RI 1947(1)
Works Cited
1.Adventive weevils recorded from North America: A review and illustrated manual for their identification...
Hoebeke E.R., LaBonte J.R., Loeffler K.E. 2024. Coleopterists Soc. Special Publication 5: 1–604, 219 plates.
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 23 May, 2025 - 2:51pm

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