Thief Weevil in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/21/2022). (c) Izabella Farr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Thief Weevil in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/21/2022). (c) Izabella Farr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Thief Weevil in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/21/2022). (c) Izabella Farr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Thief Weevil in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/21/2022). (c) Izabella Farr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Relationships
Kleptoparasites of other leaf rolling weevils in the family Attelabidae. The adult enters the newly rolled leaf of a weevil in the subfamily Attelabinae and eats the host's eggs.
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Source: Wikipedia
| Pterocolus ovatus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| 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
[edit]- ^ a b "Pterocolus ovatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "Pterocolus ovatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "leaf-rolling weevil". University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
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