Biology:Sphenophorus cariosus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Sphenophorus cariosus
Nutgrass Billbug - Sphenophorus cariosus, Meadowood Farm, Mason Neck, Virginia.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Sphenophorus
Species:
S. cariosus
Binomial name
Sphenophorus cariosus
(Olivier, 1807)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gyllenhal, 1838 Germar, 1824
  • Uhler, 1856 Rhynchophorus cicatricosus
  • Calandra larvalis Say, 1831
  • Sphenophorus flexuosus Sphenophorus sculptilis

Sphenophorus cariosus, the nutgrass billbug, is a species of beetle in the family Dryophthoridae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q28607944 entry