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Scientific Name
genus: Sphenophorus spp
Pest Alias
Billbug, La plata weevil
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Informal:
Pterygotes
Subclass:
Pterygota
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Curculionoidea
Family:
Curculionidae
Subfamily:
Dryophthorinae
Tribe:
Rhynchophorini
Genus:
Sphenophorus

Sphenophorus is a genus of weevils, often known as billbugs, in the family Curculionidae,[1][2][3] and tribe Sphenophorini. Eleven species of billbugs infest managed turfgrass in North America.[4]

Sphenophorus cicatristriatus
Sphenophorus cicatristriatus

Species

These 278 species belong to the genus Sphenophorus.[2][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Sphenophorus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  2. ^ a b "ITIS report, Sphenophorus". Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  3. ^ "Sphenophorus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  4. ^ Duffy, Alexandra G.; Powell, Gareth S.; Zaspel, Jennifer M.; Richmond, Douglas S. (2018-02-09). "Billbug (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae: Sphenophorus spp.) Seasonal Biology and DNA-Based Life Stage Association in Indiana Turfgrass". Journal of Economic Entomology. 111 (1): 304–313. doi:10.1093/jee/tox340. ISSN 0022-0493. PMID 29309605.
  5. ^ "GBIF, Sphenophorus". Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  6. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Sphenophorus C.J.Schoenherr, 1838". Retrieved 2024-09-18.

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sphenophorus", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Content may have been omitted from the original, but no content has been changed or extended.

Bill bug

genus: Sphenophorus spp
Scientific Name
genus: Sphenophorus spp
Pest Alias
Billbug, La plata weevil
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Informal:
Pterygotes
Subclass:
Pterygota
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Curculionoidea
Family:
Curculionidae
Subfamily:
Dryophthorinae
Tribe:
Rhynchophorini
Genus:
Sphenophorus

Sphenophorus is a genus of weevils, often known as billbugs, in the family Curculionidae,[1][2][3] and tribe Sphenophorini. Eleven species of billbugs infest managed turfgrass in North America.[4]

Sphenophorus cicatristriatus
Sphenophorus cicatristriatus

Species

These 278 species belong to the genus Sphenophorus.[2][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Sphenophorus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  2. ^ a b "ITIS report, Sphenophorus". Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  3. ^ "Sphenophorus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  4. ^ Duffy, Alexandra G.; Powell, Gareth S.; Zaspel, Jennifer M.; Richmond, Douglas S. (2018-02-09). "Billbug (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae: Sphenophorus spp.) Seasonal Biology and DNA-Based Life Stage Association in Indiana Turfgrass". Journal of Economic Entomology. 111 (1): 304–313. doi:10.1093/jee/tox340. ISSN 0022-0493. PMID 29309605.
  5. ^ "GBIF, Sphenophorus". Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  6. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Sphenophorus C.J.Schoenherr, 1838". Retrieved 2024-09-18.

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sphenophorus", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Content may have been omitted from the original, but no content has been changed or extended.