Cionus hortulanus | |
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Cionus hortulanus. Dorsal view | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Subfamily: | Curculioninae |
Genus: | Cionus |
Species: | C. hortulanus
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Binomial name | |
Cionus hortulanus (Fourcroy, 1785)
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Cionus hortulanus is a species of weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Curculioninae. [1] [2]
The genus name Cionus derives from the Greek kíonos, meaning column, with reference to the shape of the snout. The Latin species name hortulanus means garden warden. [3]
This species is present in most of Europe, [4] in NW Africa, the Caucasus, Asia Minor, Iran, Siberia, Central Asia and India. [5] These beetles mainly inhabit meadows and hedge rows. [6]
Cionus hortulanus can reach a length of 3–4.6 millimetres (0.12–0.18 in). [6] These tiny beetles have a short, oblong and convex body, a conical thorax and a long thin rostrum. Thorax and elytra are covered with grey scales.
The basic body color is grey-brown, with one large velvety black spot in the middle of the elytra and a smaller one at the apex. The elytra bears four raised lines with a series of black markings. The antennae are reddish. [7]
Adults of these beetles can be found from June to September. [6] They feed on leaves of Buddleja and Verbascum species, while larvae feed on Water Figwort ( Scrophularia auriculata), Common Figwort ( Scrophularia nodosa) [6] and Great Mullein ( Verbascum thapsus). [8] [9] Females lay eggs on leaves of the host plants.
Cionus hortulanus | |
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Cionus hortulanus. Dorsal view | |
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Side view | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Subfamily: | Curculioninae |
Genus: | Cionus |
Species: | C. hortulanus
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Binomial name | |
Cionus hortulanus (Fourcroy, 1785)
|
Cionus hortulanus is a species of weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Curculioninae. [1] [2]
The genus name Cionus derives from the Greek kíonos, meaning column, with reference to the shape of the snout. The Latin species name hortulanus means garden warden. [3]
This species is present in most of Europe, [4] in NW Africa, the Caucasus, Asia Minor, Iran, Siberia, Central Asia and India. [5] These beetles mainly inhabit meadows and hedge rows. [6]
Cionus hortulanus can reach a length of 3–4.6 millimetres (0.12–0.18 in). [6] These tiny beetles have a short, oblong and convex body, a conical thorax and a long thin rostrum. Thorax and elytra are covered with grey scales.
The basic body color is grey-brown, with one large velvety black spot in the middle of the elytra and a smaller one at the apex. The elytra bears four raised lines with a series of black markings. The antennae are reddish. [7]
Adults of these beetles can be found from June to September. [6] They feed on leaves of Buddleja and Verbascum species, while larvae feed on Water Figwort ( Scrophularia auriculata), Common Figwort ( Scrophularia nodosa) [6] and Great Mullein ( Verbascum thapsus). [8] [9] Females lay eggs on leaves of the host plants.