Curculio
Curculio is a genus of weevils belonging the family Curculionidae and subfamily Curculioninae.[1][2] Members of the genus are commonly referred to as acorn weevils or nut weevils as they infest the seeds of trees such as oaks and hickories. The adult female weevil bores a tiny hole in the immature nut to lay her eggs, which then hatch into legless grubs. In autumn, the grubs bore holes through the shells from the inside to emerge into the soil where they may live for a year or two before maturing into adults.[3]
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| A filbert weevil (Curculio occidentis) on an acorn cap | |
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| Genus: | Curculio |
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Curculio larva emerging from Chinese chestnut acorn
Species
Species of Curculio include:
- Curculio aurivestis Chittenden, 1927
- Curculio caryae (Horn, 1873) (pecan weevil)
- Curculio caryatrypes (Boheman, 1843)
- Curculio coccineae (Patton, 1897)
- Curculio confusor (Hamilton, 1893)
- Curculio fulvus Chittenden, 1927
- Curculio humeralis (Casey, 1897)
- Curculio iowensis (Casey, 1910)
- Curculio longidens Chittenden, 1927
- Curculio longinasus Chittenden, 1927
- Curculio macrodon Chittenden, 1927
- Curculio monticola (Casey, 1897)
- Curculio nanulus (Casey, 1897)
- Curculio nasicus (Say, 1831)
- Curculio neocorylus Harrington, 1881
- Curculio obtusus (Blanchard, 1884) (hazelnut weevil)
- Curculio occidentis Casey, T.L., 1897 (filbert weevil)
- Curculio orthorhynchus (Chittenden, 1908)
- Curculio pardalis (Chittenden, 1908)
- Curculio pardus Chittenden, 1927
- Curculio proboscideus Fabricius, 1775
- Curculio quercugriseae (Chittenden, 1908)
- Curculio rubidus Gyllenhal, L. in Schönherr, CJ., 1836
- Curculio rubipililineus Gibson, 1969
- Curculio sayi (Gyllenhal, 1836) (small chestnut weevil)
- Curculio strictus (Casey, 1897)
- Curculio sulcatulus (Casey, 1897)
- Curculio timidus (Casey, 1910)
- Curculio uniformis (LeConte, 1857) (filbert weevil)
- Curculio victoriensis (Chittenden, 1904)
- Curculio wenzeli Chittenden, 1927
See also
References
- Lester P. Gibson (1969). Monograph of the genus Curculio in the New World (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). College Park, Maryland: Entomological Society of America.
- Frank W. Pelsue, Jr. & Runzhi Zhang (2000). "A review of the genus Curculio L. from China with descriptions of new taxa. Part I (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Curculionini)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 54 (2): 125–142. doi:10.1649/0010-065X(2000)054[0125:AROTGC]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4009530.
- Otto Kumpe & Dwight Isely (1936). "Notes on biologies of nut infesting weevils". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 9 (1): 13–16. JSTOR 25081433.
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