Bagous americanus is a species of true weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] It feeds on Nymphaea odorata, with larvae being leaf miners.[4]
| Bagous americanus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Bagous |
| Species: | B. americanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bagous americanus LeConte, 1876
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References
edit- ^ "Bagous americanus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Bagous americanus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Bagous americanus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ McGaha, Y. J. (1954). "Contribution to the Biology of Some Curculionids Which Feed on Aquatic Flowering Plants". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 73 (3): 277–282. doi:10.2307/3224069. ISSN 0003-0023.
Further reading
edit- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
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