Coccotrypes advena is a species in the family Curculionidae ("snout and bark beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[1][2] A common name for Coccotrypes advena is "seed borer".[3] Coccotrypes advena probably originates from Southeast Asia, but is now found in North America.[4]

Coccotrypes advena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Coccotrypes
Species:
C. advena
Binomial name
Coccotrypes advena
Blandford, 1894

References

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  1. ^ "Coccotrypes advena species information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)". itis.gov. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Encyclopedia of Life Coccotrypes advena species overview". eol.org. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ^ Wood, Stephen L. (1977). "Introduced and exported American Scolytidae (Coleoptera)". The Great Basin Naturalist. 37 (1): 67–74. JSTOR 41711552.

Further reading

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  • Arnett, Ross H.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard, eds. (19 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). A field guide to the beetles of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-33953-7.
  • Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia, eds. (1996). Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol 1. Rockville, MD: Entomological Information Services. pp. 41–820. ISBN 1-889002-01-1.
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