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Home » Guide »Arthropods (Arthropoda) »Hexapods (Hexapoda) »Insects (Insecta) »Beetles (Coleoptera) »Polyphaga »Series Cucujiformia »Curculionoidea »Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) »Lixinae »Lixini »Lixus »Rhubarb Weevil (Lixus concavus)

SpeciesLixus concavus - Rhubarb Weevil

Classification ·Other Common Names ·Synonyms and other taxonomic changes ·Explanation of Names ·Size ·Identification ·Range ·Food ·Works Cited

big yellow and black weevil - Lixus concavus

Classification

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)

PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)

SubphylumHexapoda (Hexapods)

ClassInsecta (Insects)

OrderColeoptera (Beetles)

SuborderPolyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

SuperfamilyCurculionoidea

FamilyCurculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)

SubfamilyLixinae

TribeLixini

GenusLixus

Speciesconcavus (Rhubarb Weevil)

Other Common Names

Rhubarb Curculio

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lixus rectus LeConte 1876,coloradensis Chittenden 1930,crassulus Notman 1920,soror Casey 1891

Explanation of Names

Lixus concavus Say 1831

Size

10‒13.5 mm(1)

Identification

deep depression at the pronotal/elytral base

Range

QC‒FL to ID‒UT‒TX(2)(3)

Food

breeds in stems ofCarduus/Cirsium, Helianthus, Rumex(1)

Works Cited

Weevils of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae).
Janet C. Ciegler. 2010. Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. 276 pp.

Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies...
O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.

Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska

Contributed byRon M. on 12 October, 2008 - 11:29pm
Additional contributions byMike Quinn,Boris Bueche,v belov
Last updated 26 September, 2023 - 8:40pm

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