Biology:Cyrtepistomus castaneus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Cyrtepistomus castaneus
Asiatic Oak Weevil - Cyrtepistomus castaneus, Occoquan Regional Park, Lorton, Virginia.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Cyrtepistomus
Species:
C. castaneus
Binomial name
Cyrtepistomus castaneus
(Roelofs, 1873)

Cyrtepistomus castaneus, the Asiatic oak weevil, is a species of oriental broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae.[1][2][3][4] It is native to Asia, and was first found in North America in 1933. Larvae feed on root hairs in soil, whereas adult beetles are defoliators of Quercus and Acer rubrum trees.[5]

Asiatic oak weevil, Cyrtepistomus castaneus
Asiatic oak weevil, Cyrtepistomus castaneus

References

  1. "Cyrtepistomus castaneus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=617980. 
  2. "Cyrtepistomus castaneus species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/6ff65debb0ef4066b071a5085dea8862. 
  3. "Cyrtepistomus castaneus". https://www.gbif.org/species/4291745. 
  4. "Cyrtepistomus castaneus Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/52987. 
  5. Frederick, Katy H.; Gering, Jon C. (January 2006). "A Field Study of Host Tree Associations of an Exotic Species, the Asiatic Oak Weevil [Cyrtepistomus castaneus (Roelofs 1873), Coleoptera: Curculionidae]". The American Midland Naturalist 155 (1): 11–18. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[0011:AFSOHT2.0.CO;2]. 

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 ☰ Q28817352 entry