Larinus pollinis
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Larinus pollinis (Laicharting, 1781)
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Larinus pollinis is a species of cylindrical weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Lixinae.
Distribution[]
This species is present in most of Europe (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic]], France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine), in the East Palearctic realm, in North Africa, in the Oriental realm and in the Near East. [2] These weevils occur on Grasslands.
Description[]
Larinus pollinis can reach a body length of about 10 mm (0.39 in).[3] These wevils have an ovate, black, sub-opaque body, with a with many patches of gray setae, that appear yellowish by a yellowish secretion and adhering pollen. Rostrum is shorter than the thorax, with only a carina at the base.[4]
Mature pupae show more than 40 setae on pronotum. [5]
Biology[]
The adults can be encountered from May through August, [6] This oligophagous species mainly feeds on Arctium tomentosum, , Carlina vulgaris, etc. [1][7]
References[]
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- ^ a b Biolob
- ^ a b Fauna Europaea
- ^ Ukrainian Biodiversity Information Network
- ^ Levent Gültekin & Miguel Angel Alonso-Zarazaga A review of the Palaearctic species of Larinus Dejean (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in C. J. Schoenherr collection: nomenclature and lectotype designations June 2015 Journal of Insect Biodiversity 3(9):1-26 - DOI:10.12976/jib/2015.3.9
- ^ Gosik, Rafał, Skuhrovec, Jiří (2011): Descriptions of mature larvae and pupae of the genus Larinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Lixinae). Zootaxa 3019: 1-25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278666
- ^ iNatutalist
- ^ Plant parasites in Europe
- Lixinae
- Beetles of Europe
- Beetles described in 1781
- Taxa named by Johann Nepomuk von Laicharting