Peltophorus polymitus is a species of true weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[1] Both adults and larvae are pests of agave plants, feeding on leaves and needles. [4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Peltophorus |
| Species: | P. polymitus
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| Binomial name | |
| Peltophorus polymitus Boheman, 1845
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Subspecies
editThese two subspecies belong to the species Peltophorus polymitus:
- Peltophorus polymitus seminiveus b
- Peltophorus polymitus suffusus b
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Peltophorus polymitus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ a b "Peltophorus polymitus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ a b "Peltophorus polymitus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ Reyes-Muñoz, Jesús Lumar; Correa-Ramírez, Miguel Mauricio; Zamora-Gutierrez, Veronica; Sánchez-Alfaro, María Fernanda; Uribe-Ordóñez, Luis Antonio; Niño-Maldonado, Santiago (31 March 2020). "Distributional Extension of Peltophorus polymitus (Boheman 1845)1 at Durango, Mexico". Southwestern Entomologist. 45 (1): 169. doi:10.3958/059.045.0118. S2CID 214718656.
- ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
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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