Biology:Sitona lineellus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Sitona lineellus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Sitona
Species:
S. lineellus
Binomial name
Sitona lineellus
(Bonsdorff, 1785)

Sitona lineellus, the alfalfa curculio, is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Sitona lineellus:

  • Sitona lineellus crinitoides Reitter, 1903 c g
  • Sitona lineellus samniticus F.Solari, 1948 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15736301 entry