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Pest Weevils
Curculio
EOL Text
Depth range based on 36 specimens in 1 taxon.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): -2 - 18
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): -2 - 18
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:545
Specimens with Sequences:285
Specimens with Barcodes:265
Species:30
Species With Barcodes:24
Public Records:226
Public Species:12
Public BINs:5
Curculio is a genus of weevils belonging the family Curculionidae and subfamily Curculioninae, including about 35,000 species worldwide.[1][2] Members of the genus are commonly referred to as acorn weevils or nut weevils as they infest the seeds of trees such as oaks and hickories. The adult female weevil bores a tiny hole in the immature nut to lay her eggs, which then hatch into legless grubs. In the fall, the grubs bore holes through the shells from the inside to emerge into the soil where they may live for a year or two before maturing into adults.[3]
Species[edit]
Species of Curculio include:
- Curculio caryae – the pecan weevil
- Curculio elephas – the chestnut weevil
- Curculio glandium – the acorn weevil (in Europe)
- Curculio nucum – the acorn weevil (in North America) or hazelnut weevil
- Curculio occidentis – the Filbert weevil
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ Lester P. Gibson (1969). Monograph of the genus Curculio in the New World (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). College Park, Maryland: Entomological Society of America.
- ^ Frank W. Pelsue, Jr. & Runzhi Zhang (2000). "A review of the genus Curculio L. from China with descriptions of new taxa. Part I (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Curculionini)". The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (2): 125–142. doi:10.1649/0010-065X(2000)054[0125:AROTGC]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4009530.
- ^ Otto Kumpe & Dwight Isely (1936). "Notes on biologies of nut infesting weevils". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 9 (1): 13–16. JSTOR 25081433.
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