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Species Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus - Cabbage Stem Weevil

Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus
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 Ceutorhynchinae (Minute Seed Weevils)
Tribe Ceutorhynchini
Genus Ceutorhynchus
Species pallidactylus (Cabbage Stem Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus (Marsham 1802)
Size
2.9 mm(1)
Range
widespread in w. Palaearctic, introduced in many other parts of the world(2); in our area, NS-QC-MA, SC(3)(1)
Habitat
hosts: several members of Brassicaceae and Resedaceae, occasionally Cannabis sativa(2)
Works Cited
1.Weevils of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae).
Janet C. Ciegler. 2010. Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. 276 pp.
2.Catalogue of Ceutorhynchinae of the world, with a key to genera (Insecta Coleoptera Curculionidae)
Colonnelli E. 2004. Argania Editio, Barcelona. 124 pp.
3.New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Quebec, Canada
de Tonnancour P., Anderson R.S., Bouchard P., Chantal C., Dumont S., Vigneault R. 2017. Zookeys 681: 95‒117.
Contributed by v belov on 25 December, 2013 - 1:01am
Last updated 23 June, 2017 - 12:59pm

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