Biology:Pterocolus ovatus
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Pterocolus ovatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Attelabidae |
| Genus: | Pterocolus |
| Species: | P. ovatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterocolus ovatus (Fabricius, 1801)
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Pterocolus ovatus, known generally as the thief weevil or leaf roll thief, is a species of thief weevil in the family of beetles known as Attelabidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[1] The thief weevil is an obligate egg predator and nest thief of Homoeolabus analis, the Oak Leaf-Rolling Weevil.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Pterocolus ovatus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=620838. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ↑ "Pterocolus ovatus Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/170283. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ↑ "leaf-rolling weevil". University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190401143439/http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/beetles/H_analis_P_ovatus.htm. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
Further reading
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
Wikidata ☰ Q2223155 entry
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