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Species Larinus turbinatus

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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 Lixinae
Tribe Lixini
Genus Larinus
No Taxon (subgenus Phyllonomeus)
Species turbinatus (Larinus turbinatus)
Explanation of Names
Larinus turbinatus Gyllenhal 1836
Size
4-9 mm(1)
Range
native to w. Palaearctic (Europe to c. Asia)(2), inadvertently introduced in NA in recent years and is known to be established in the northeast (QC-VA)(3)(Dumont & Tonnancour 2019) and possibly WI(4)
Food
thistles (Carduus nutans, Cirsium spp.)(2)
Print References
Dumont S., Tonnancour P. de (2019) First records of Larinus turbinatus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae) in Canada. Col. Bull. 73: 828-830. (Full text)
Works Cited
1.Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
2.Coleoptera Poloniae
3.Larinus turbinatus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae), a Eurasian weevil new to North America with a summary...
Hoebeke E.R., Spichiger S.-E. 2016. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 118: 261-272.
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Contributed by v belov on 10 August, 2012 - 11:14am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd
Last updated 16 May, 2023 - 2:12pm

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