Subfamily Attelabinae - Leaf-rolling Weevils

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Leaf Rolling Weevil - Synolabus bipustulatus

Leaf-rolling Weevil - Himatolabus pubescens

colorful weevil/beetle - Homoeolabus analis

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 Attelabinae (Leaf-rolling Weevils)

Explanation of Names

Attelabinae Billberg 1820

Numbers

6 spp. in 4 genera in our area(1), ~30 genera in 3 tribes worldwide(2)

Identification

see Boris Büche's comments at (3) to distinguish two most confusing spp.

Range

most of the world (except Australasia)(2), incl. much of NA(1)

Remarks

females roll leaves; larvae develop in the leaf roll called 'nidus' (L. 'nest')

Print References

Vogt GB. 1992. Leaf-rolling weevils (Coleoptera: Attelabidae), their host plants, and associated Rhynchitid weevils in North America (Canada through the Republic of Panama): summary of a long-term field study. In Quintero D, Aiello A. (eds). Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected Studies. Oxford University Press. Oxford, Great Britain. pp. 392-420.

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.	red weevil

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 17 August, 2006 - 12:10pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 17 July, 2024 - 10:13pm

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