Pterocolus ovatus, known generally as the thief weevil or leaf roll thief, is a species of thief weevil in the family of beetles known as Attelabidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[1] The thief weevil is an obligate egg predator and nest thief of Homoeolabus analis, the Oak Leaf-Rolling Weevil.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Attelabidae |
| Genus: | Pterocolus |
| Species: | P. ovatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterocolus ovatus (Fabricius, 1801)
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References
edit- ^ a b "Pterocolus ovatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "Pterocolus ovatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "leaf-rolling weevil". University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
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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