Biology:Anthonomus aeneolus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Anthonomus aeneolus
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Curculioninae
Genus: Anthonomus
Species:
A. aeneolus
Binomial name
Anthonomus aeneolus
Dietz, 1891
Synonyms[1]
  • Anthonomus brevirostris Linell, 1897

Anthonomus aeneolus is a species of true weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] It normally develops within the flower buds of Solanum flowers, although eggs can be laid within galls on the plant. Larvae feed on the anthers of the flowers. [4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Anthonomus aeneolus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=617336. 
  2. "Anthonomus aeneolus". https://www.gbif.org/species/5013674. 
  3. Gates, Danny B.; Burke, Horace R. (15 September 1972). "Review of the Gall-Inhabiting Weevils of the Genus Anthonomus, with Description and Biology of a New Species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)1". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 65 (5): 1215–1224. doi:10.1093/aesa/65.5.1215. 

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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q54983504 entry