Euscepes postfasciatus

Euscepes postfasciatus, the west Indian sweetpotato weevil, is a species of hidden snout weevil in the family Curculionidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

Euscepes postfasciatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Euscepes
Species:
E. postfasciatus
Binomial name
Euscepes postfasciatus
(Fairmaire, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cryptorhynchus batatae (Waterhouse, 1849)
  • Euscepes batatae Waterhouse, 1849
  • Hyperomorpha squamosa Blackburn, 1885

References
  1. "Euscepes postfasciatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  2. "Euscepes postfasciatus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  3. "Euscepes postfasciatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  4. "Euscepes postfasciatus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-19.

Further reading
  • Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.


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