Peltophorus polymitus

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Peltophorus polymitus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Peltophorus
Species:
P. polymitus
Binomial name
Peltophorus polymitus
Boheman, 1845
Synonyms [1]
  • Zygops leopardinus Desbrochers, 1891
  • Zygops seminiveus LeConte, 1884
  • Zygops suffusus Casey, 1892

Peltophorus polymitus is a species of true weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. [1] [2] [3] It is found in North America. [1] Both adults and larvae are pests of agave plants, feeding on leaves and needles. [4]

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Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Peltophorus polymitus:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [5] b = Bugguide.net [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Peltophorus polymitus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. 1 2 "Peltophorus polymitus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. 1 2 "Peltophorus polymitus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. Reyes-Muñoz, Jesús Lumar; Correa-Ramírez, Miguel Mauricio; Zamora-Gutierrez, Veronica; Sánchez-Alfaro, María Fernanda; Uribe-Ordóñez, Luis Antonio; Niño-Maldonado, Santiago (31 March 2020). "Distributional Extension of Peltophorus polymitus (Boheman 1845)1 at Durango, Mexico". Southwestern Entomologist. 45 (1): 169. doi:10.3958/059.045.0118. S2CID   214718656.
  5. "GBIF" . Retrieved 2018-05-05.

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