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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Anthonomini » Anthonomus » subgenus Anthonomus (Anthonomus subgenus Anthonomus) » Anthonomus albopilosus

Species Anthonomus albopilosus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Anthonomus albopilosus Anthonomus albopilosus Dietz - Anthonomus albopilosus Beetle - Anthonomus albopilosus Nicentrus decipiens ? - Anthonomus albopilosus - male - female maybe Anthonomus albopilosus - Anthonomus albopilosus Weevil - Anthonomus albopilosus Weevil - Anthonomus albopilosus croton weevil - Anthonomus albopilosus
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 Curculioninae
Tribe Anthonomini
Genus Anthonomus
No Taxon (subgenus Anthonomus)
Species albopilosus (Anthonomus albopilosus)
Explanation of Names
Anthonomus albopilosus Dietz 1891
albopilosus = 'with white hair'
Size
2.8-3.3 mm (1)
Identification
note dark coloration, uniform thick distribution of hairs, and a long, thin rostrum:

front tibiae curved near base, first tarsal joint longer than second, femoral tooth large (1)

Det. R.S. Anderson, 2017
Range
CA-AL-IL / Mex. - Map (2)(3)(4)(GBIF), mostly se US to AZ, plus CO-NE
Season
Jun-Nov (BG data)
Food
breeds in the capsules of Croton capitatus and C. texensis. (Euphorbiaceae) (Pierce et al. 1912)
Life Cycle
known to be parasitized by Microbracon mellitor (Say), Catolaccus hunteri Crawford, Catolaccus incertus Ashmead, and Cerambycobius cyaniceps (Ashmead). (Pierce et al. 1912)
See Also
more elongate than nigrinus (1), small femoral tooth
- Range: e. NA
Elongate-oval robust. Black, thinly clothed with fine whitish pubescence. Beak rather stout (1)
Print References
Dietz W.G. (1891) Revision of the genera and species of Anthonomini inhabiting North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 18: 177-276.
Pierce W.D., Cushman R.A., Hood G.E. (1912) The insect enemies of the cotton boll weevil. USDA Bureau of Entomology Bull. 100. 99 pp.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America
Blatchley and Leng. 1916. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis, Indiana. 682 pp.
2.Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies...
O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.
3.An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas
Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
4.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
Contributed by v belov on 8 June, 2011 - 7:54pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 7 November, 2022 - 2:57am

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