Cryptorhynchus lapathi

Cryptorhynchus lapathi is a species of weevil native to Europe.[2][3][4] Its common names include poplar and willow borer, osier weevil, and willow weevil.[5]

Cryptorhynchus lapathi
Cryptorhynchus lapathi 7,4 mm (5,0-8,5 mm)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Cryptorhynchus
Species:
C. lapathi
Binomial name
Cryptorhynchus lapathi
(Linnaeus, 1758) [1]

This weevil has long been known as a pest insect of willows cultivated for basketry.[6]

References
  1. Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Morris, M.G. (2012) True Weevils. (Coleoptera: Curculioninae, Baridinae, Oroitidinae). Part III. Royal Entomological Society of London Handbook 5 (17d).
  4. Hoffmann, A. (1950, 1954, 1958) Coléoptères curculionides. Parties I, II, III. Paris: Éditions Faune de France. Bibliothèque virtuelle numérique pdfs
  5. Cryptorhynchus lapathi (poplar and willow borer). Invasive Species Compendium. CAB International.
  6. Hubbard, W. F. & F. H. Chittenden. The basket willow. United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Forestry, Bulletin No. 46. 1904.


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