Sphenophorus cicatristriatus, known generally as the Rocky Mountain billbug or Denver billbug, is a species of true weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Sphenophorus |
Species: | S. cicatristriatus
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Binomial name | |
Sphenophorus cicatristriatus Fåhraeus, 1838
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Sphenophorus cicatristriatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "Sphenophorus cicatristriatus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "Sphenophorus cicatristriatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
Further reading
edit- Vaurie, P. (1983). "A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico (Curculionidae: Rhynchophorinae)" (PDF). USDA Agriculture Handbook. 529. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
- 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
edit- Media related to Sphenophorus cicatristriatus at Wikimedia Commons