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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Tanymecini » Pachnaeus » Blue-green Citrus Root Weevil (Pachnaeus litus)

Species Pachnaeus litus - Blue-green Citrus Root Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Tanymecini
Genus Pachnaeus
Species litus (Blue-green Citrus Root Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Pachnaeus litus (Germar 1824)
Range
FL (n to Brevard Co.); Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico(1)
Habitat
hammock, pinelands, mangrove, prairie, salt marsh(1)
Food
Larvae feed on roots of citrus and 70 other plant species; the adults feed on tender shoots of the same plants.
Remarks
A native species of root weevil and a minor pest of citrus and other plants. The egg masses are easily mistaken by those of Diaprepes abbreviatus, which is an intrduced serious pest of citrus.
Internet References
Fact sheet (Futch et al. 2002-2009)(2)
Works Cited
1.A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
2.EDIS -- Electronic Data Information Source of UF/IFAS Extension
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 13 August, 2006 - 10:36am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 17 May, 2017 - 8:35am

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