Biology:Lixus angustatus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Lixus angustatus
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Lixus
Species:
L. angustatus
Binomial name
Lixus angustatus
(Fabricius, 1775)

Lixus angustatus is a species of weevil found in Europe (including the Iberian Peninsula) and the Mediterranean Basin.[1][2] The general size of the weevil is about 5.5 mm. The coloration of the weevil is brown and green.[3]

Hastings Country Park produced the last British records of this species and it is now considered to no longer breed in Britain.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18472040 entry