Conotrachelus aratus

Conotrachelus aratus
Conservation status
Unranked (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Conotrachelus
Species:	C. aratus
Binomial name
Conotrachelus aratus (Germar, 1824)
Synonyms [2]
Cryptorhynchus aratusGermar 1824

Conotrachelus aratus, the hickory shoot curculio ^[2] or ploughed pure weevil, ^[1] is a species of snout or bark beetle in the family Curculionidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It occurs in the United States east of Texas and Kansas ^[2] and in Quebec, Canada. ^[1] It is associated with Carya species. ^[2]

References

1. "Conotrachelus aratus Ploughed Pure Weevil". NatureServe. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
2. "Species Conotrachelus aratus - Hickory Shoot Curculio". bugguide.net. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
3. "Conotrachelus aratus (Germar, 1824)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 5 January 2025.
4. "Conotrachelus aratus Boh. in Schoenh., 1845". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

Further reading

• Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN   84-605-9994-9.
• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.