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Species Omileus epicaeroides

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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 Geonemini
Genus Omileus
Species epicaeroides (Omileus epicaeroides)
Explanation of Names
Omileus epicaeroides Horn, 1876
Numbers
Monotypic genus (1)
Size
7.5-8 mm (2)
Range
TX-LA / Mex. - Map (3)(4)(5)(6), mostly across c. TX
Season
Mar-Jun (4)(6)
Eggs hatch mostly about the middle of May (Sanderson 1906)
Food
Very injurious to the foliage of oak and peach at Dialville, Cherokee Co., TX (Sanderson 1906).
Also on cedar elm - Ulmus crassifolia (4)
Life Cycle
Flightless. The eggs are laid in bunches of two to nine upon fallen foliage or rubbish, the leaf being folded over them. The eggs hatch in from three to eight weeks, the average being about a month. They hatch mostly about the middle of May. The larvae feed on roots, probably of oak (Sanderson 1906).
Print References
LeConte and Horn. 1876. The Rhynchophora of America, north of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 15(96): i-xvi + 1-455. (2)
Sanderson, E.D. 1906. Texas notes I. Entomological News, 17: 210-212.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.The Rhynchophora of America, north of Mexico.
LeConte and Horn. 1876. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 15(96): i-xvi + 1-455.
3.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.
4.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
5.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.
6.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)