Species Hypera brunnipennis - Egyptian Alfalfa Weevil

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Egyptian Alfalfa Weevil? - Hypera brunnipennis

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 Hyperinae

Genus Hypera

No Taxon (subgenus Hypera)

Species brunnipennis (Egyptian Alfalfa Weevil)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hypera brunnipennis (Boheman)

Orig. Comb: Phytonomus brunnipennis Boheman 1834

Size

~5 mm(1)

Range

CA-AZ / Baja CA, Mex. (2)

Remarks

pest in alfalfa and clover; as populations grow on crops, adults migrate and often end up indoors(1)

Internet References

University of Arizona

Works Cited

1.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

2.	Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies... O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.

Contributed by v belov on 1 March, 2014 - 11:35am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 8 May, 2016 - 7:38pm

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