Otiorhynchus vehemens is a species of broad-nosed weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae.[1][2][3]
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| Otiorhynchus vehemens – Mating pair | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Otiorhynchus |
| Species: | O. vehemens
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| Otiorhynchus vehemens Boheman, 1843
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Description
editThe adults grow up to 16–18 millimetres (0.63–0.71 in) long. They are black, with a wide greyish lateral band of fine hairs on the elytra and pronotum and longitudinal grooves on the surface of the elytra. Adults can be encountered from April through October.
Biology
editThese beetle are polyphagous. The soil-living larvae feed on the roots of many host plants, while the adults feed on leaves and have nocturnal habits.
Distribution
editIt is present in Italy and Switzerland.[4][5]
Habitat
editThis species can be found in forests of silver fir (Abies alba) and beech (Fagus species), at an elevation up to about 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) above sea level.
Bibliography
edit- Guido PEDRONI Biodiversità dei coleotteri Apionidi e Curculionidi in un settore di alta quota delle Alpi Orobie Occidentali Mus. Civ. Sc. Nat. "E. Caffi" - Bergamo
- F. Cianferoni Gli Invertebrati della Riserva Naturale Integrale di Sasso Fratino