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Species Aulacobaris lepidii

Representative Images

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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 Baridinae (Flower Weevils)
Tribe Baridini
Genus Aulacobaris
Species lepidii (Aulacobaris lepidii)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aulacobaris lepidii (Germar)
Orig. Comb: Baris lepidii Germar 1824

Size

3.0-4.0 mm(1)

Range

native to, and widespread across w. Palaearctic (Europe to w. Kazakhstan)(2), adventive in our area (ne. US)

Habitat

meadows, pastures, gardens, roadsides, marshes, ditches, dams(2)

Food

hosts: various Brassicaceae (Armoracia, Barbaraea, Rorippa, Lepidium)(2)

Remarks

earliest NA record: w. IL 1977; found again in OH in 1979. --E.R. Hoebeke, pers.comm. to =v=

Print References

Bouseman et al. 1978. Note on the Establishment in Illinois of Baris lepidii, a Destructive European Weevil. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America, 24: 407-408. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/besa/24.4.407)
Bouseman, Irwin, and Sherrod. 1978. A Bibliography of the Imported Crucifer Weevil, Baris lepidii (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America, 24: 409-411. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/besa/24.4.409)

Internet References

Species page(1)

Works Cited

1.Zabaluev I.A. (2006-2013) Encyclopedia of insects
2.Polish Biodiversity Information Network • Coleoptera Poloniae
Contributed by v belov on 25 June, 2014 - 8:48pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn
Last updated 11 February, 2017 - 2:34pm

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