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Species Homoeolabus analis - Leaf-Rolling 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 Attelabidae (Leaf Rolling Weevils)
Subfamily Attelabinae (Leaf-rolling Weevils)
Genus Homoeolabus
Species analis (Leaf-Rolling Weevil)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Homoeolabus analis (Illiger)
Orig. Comb: Attelabus analis Illiger, 1794
Size
5‒6 mm(1)
Identification
Tarsal claws connate, forelegs enlarged, body glabrous except for a few scattered fine, erect setae, profemora unarmed, body bicolored. Scutellary striole present. Males with longer temples on the head than females and with only 1 uncus or apical spur on the tibiae. Females have 2.

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2010
Range
e. NA (QC‒FL to SK‒TX) - Map (1)(2)(3), common in New England, FL, and TX
Habitat
Hammocks in FL(4)
Food
hosts: various oaks (Quercus spp.)(1); sand live oak (Q. geminata) is favored in FL
Life Cycle
Remarks
causes no significant harm to the tree(5)
See Also
Synolabus nigripes (LeConte) - profemora armed
- mostly e. of the Appalachians, hosts on Sumac (Rhus, Anacardiaceae)
Det. Chris Joll, 2016
Internet References
Featured Creatures (Hall & Buss 2012)(5)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
5.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
6.Forestry Images: Insects