Biology:Cylindrocopturus eatoni

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Short description: Species of beetle

Cylindrocopturus eatoni
Scientific classification edit
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Arthropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Insecta
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Cucujiformia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Curculionidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Cylindrocopturus
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Binomial name
Cylindrocopturus eatoni
Buchanan, 1940

Cylindrocopturus eatoni is a species of weevil commonly found in Oregon. The adults of the species are black and densely covered with grayish scales. The species is a good flier, but it often hops when disturbed, which is why it is often mistaken for a leafhopper. It lays its eggs singly in niches excavated in the bark of a main stem and its twigs. Cream-colored larvae hatch a few days later and begin tunneling in the outer layers of the roots, feeding on the phloem and xylem. The larvae pupate in spring. The species eats young ponderosa and Jeffrey pines. Its common name is pine reproduction weevil.[1]

Notes

  1. The Common Insects Of North America by Lester A. Swan and Charles S. Papp, 1972, page 492-493

References

  • Wayne N. Dixon and John L. Foltz. "Pine Reproduction Weevils, Hylobius pales (Herbst) & Pachylobius picivorus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)", Florida Department of Agricultur & Consumer Services Division of Plant Industry Entomology Circular No.332, July 1990.
  • "Forest Health Fact Sheet Pine Reproduction Weevils" on Georgia Forestry Commission website.

Wikidata ☰ Q5199309 entry