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Genus Eugnamptus

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Beetle 05.16.2009 146 - Eugnamptus angustatus Eugnamptus nigriventris weevil - Eugnamptus angustatus New Jersey Weevil for ID - Eugnamptus angustatus Eugnamptus? Maybe E. angustatus? - Eugnamptus punctatus Eugnamptus nigriventris? - Eugnamptus nigriventris Eugnamptus angustatus Eugnamptus nigriventris? - Eugnamptus nigriventris

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 Rhynchitinae (Leaf and Bud Weevils)
Tribe Rhynchitini
Genus Eugnamptus

Explanation of Names

Eugnamptus Schönherr 1839

Numbers

9 spp. in our area(1), ~180 spp. in 3 subgenera total(2)

Identification

key to spp. in (3)

Range

New World (ON, e. & sw. US to Argentina) & E. Asia(1)(2); in our area mostly southwestern, with just 2 spp. in the east(3)

Food

larvae mine leaves of many hosts(1)

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.A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.
3.A revision of the weevil genus Eugnamptus Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) in America north of Mexico
Hamilton R.W. 1990. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 115: 475─502.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 12 July, 2006 - 7:02pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 June, 2024 - 10:32am

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