Cyrtepistomus castaneus, the Asiatic oak weevil, is a species of Asian broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae.[1][2][3][4] It is native to Asia, and was first found in North America in 1933. Larvae feed on root hairs in soil, whereas adult beetles are defoliators of Quercus and Acer rubrum trees.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtepistomus |
| Species: | C. castaneus
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| Cyrtepistomus castaneus (Roelofs, 1873)
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References
edit- ^ "Cyrtepistomus castaneus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "Cyrtepistomus castaneus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "Cyrtepistomus castaneus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "Cyrtepistomus castaneus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ Frederick, Katy H.; Gering, Jon C. (January 2006). "A Field Study of Host Tree Associations of an Exotic Species, the Asiatic Oak Weevil [Cyrtepistomus castaneus (Roelofs 1873), Coleoptera: Curculionidae]". The American Midland Naturalist. 155 (1): 11–18. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[0011:AFSOHT]2.0.CO;2.
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.
External links
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