Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus

Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus
Female Cocklebur Weevil
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Rhodobaenus
Species:	R. quinquepunctatus
Binomial name
Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus (Say, 1824)
Synonyms [1]
Rhodobaenus formosus Csiki, 1936 Rhodobaenus triangularis Champion, 1910

Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus, the cocklebur weevil, is a species of snout or bark beetle in the family Curculionidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It is found in North America. ^[1]

References

1. "Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
2. "Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
3. "Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
4. "Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-17.

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.

Cocklebur Weevil on a leaf in an Iowa garden

External links

• Media related to Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus at Wikimedia Commons