Pterocolus ovatus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Attelabidae
- Genus
- Pterocolus
- Species
- Pterocolus ovatus
- Scientific Name
- Pterocolus ovatus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pterocolus ovatus
Pterocolus ovatus, known generally as the thief weevil or leaf roll thief, is a species of thief weevil in the family of beetles known as Attelabidae. It is found in North America. The thief weevil is an obligate egg predator and nest thief of Homoeolabus analis, the Oak Leaf-Rolling Weevil.
...Pterocolus ovatus in languages:
- English
- Thief Weevil
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Pterocolus amandae
- Pterocolus angelae
- Pterocolus azureus
- Pterocolus bicolor
- Pterocolus chamelensis
- Pterocolus crinomucrosus
- Pterocolus grossus
- Pterocolus hespenheidei
- Pterocolus jennae
- Pterocolus minutus
- Pterocolus obrieni
- Pterocolus ovatus
- Pterocolus setosus
- Pterocolus torreyae
- Pterocolus truncatus
- Pterocolus vogti