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Species Lignyodes ligustricolus

Lignyodes (Neotylopterus) ligustricolus (Clark) - Lignyodes ligustricolus

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 Tychiini (Leguminous Seed Weevils)

Subtribe Lignyodina

Genus Lignyodes (Ash Seed Weevils)

No Taxon (subgenus Neotylopterus)

Species ligustricolus (Lignyodes ligustricolus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lignyodes (Neotylopterus) ligustricolus (Clark)

Orig. Comb: Neotylopterus ligustricolus Clark 1980

Explanation of Names

ligustricolus (L). Ligustrum-inhabiting (1)

Numbers

17 spp. In this genus n. of Mex. (2)

Range

e. TX (3)(4)(BG data)

Season

Sept-Oct (BG data)

Food

Larvae develop in seeds of plants of the genus Forestiera (Oleaceae) (Clark 1980)

See Also

Lignyodes (Chionanthobius) autumnalis (Clark)

- Range: e. TX (+?)

Det. E. G. Riley, 2000

Print References

Clark, W.E. 1980. Revision of the weevil genus Neotylopterus Hustache (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 73(2): 216-230. (Abstract)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	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.

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.	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.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 11 April, 2012 - 6:31pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 30 August, 2022 - 9:09pm

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