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Subfamily Attelabinae - Leaf-rolling Weevils

Synolabus bipustulatus (Fabricius) - Synolabus bipustulatus tiny beetle? - Synolabus bipustulatus Himatolabus pubescens (Say) - Himatolabus pubescens Himatolabus pubescens Oak-munching weevil - Himatolabus pubescens Leaf Roller - Homoeolabus analis Leaf-Rolling Weevil - Homoeolabus analis Synolabus bipustulatus? - Synolabus bipustulatus
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')
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 v belov
Last updated 18 June, 2019 - 2:53pm

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