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Species Exapion fuscirostre - Seed-feeding Weevil

Representative Images

Weevil - Exapion fuscirostre Weevil - Exapion fuscirostre Exapion fuscirostre - Seed-feeding Weevil? - Exapion fuscirostre Exapion fuscirostre - Seed-feeding Weevil? - Exapion fuscirostre Small striped weevil - Exapion fuscirostre Small striped weevil - Exapion fuscirostre weevil emerging from Cytisus scoparius pods - Exapion fuscirostre weevil emerging from Cytisus scoparius pods - Exapion fuscirostre

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 Brentidae (Primitive Weevils)
Subfamily Apioninae (Pear-shaped Weevils)
Genus Exapion
Species fuscirostre (Seed-feeding Weevil)

Explanation of Names

Exapion fuscirostre (Fabricius 1775)

Range

native to Europe, introduced from Italy to CA in 1964 and established along the Pacific coast (BC-CA)(1)(2)

Habitat

prefers open meadows and south-facing hillsides(3)

Food

Host plant: Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius)(1)

Internet References

Fact sheets: by Haseeb et al.(1), by D.W. Pierce(3), anon.(2)

Works Cited

1.Identification tool for weevil biological control agents of aquatic and terrestrial weeds in the United States and Canada
2.Invasive plants with biocontrol -- BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
3.Integrated Weed Control Project: Biological control agents
Contributed by v belov on 12 February, 2011 - 3:44pm
Last updated 8 April, 2013 - 1:44am

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