Sciaphilus asperatus
Sciaphilus asperatus is a species of weevil native to Europe.[1][2][3] Larvae develop in spring and summer, as this beetle typically overwinters in its adult stage. Females lay between 450 to 700 eggs in the wild.[4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Sciaphilus |
| Species: | S. asperatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sciaphilus asperatus (Bonsdorff, 1785) | |
References
- Fauna Europaea
- Morris, M.G. (1997) Coleoptera: Curculionidae. (Entiminae). Broad-nosed Weevils. Royal Entomological Society of London Handbook 5(17a).
- Hoffmann, A. (1950, 1954, 1958) Coléoptères curculionides. Parties I, II, III. Paris: Éditions Faune de France. Bibliothèque virtuelle numérique pdfs
- Gosik, Rafał; Sprick, Peter; Tiahunova, Tetiana (29 August 2019). "Descriptions of the mature larva and pupa of the Scaly strawberry weevil, Sciaphilus asperatus (Bonsdorff, 1785) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) and observations of its biology". ZooKeys. 873: 65–83. doi:10.3897/zookeys.873.35922. ISSN 1313-2989. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
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