Otiorhynchus armadillo

Otiorhynchus armadillo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Otiorhynchus
Species:	O. armadillo
Binomial name
Otiorhynchus armadillo (Rossi, 1792)
Synonyms
Curculio armadillo Rossi, 1792 Curculio nigrita Rossi, 1790 Curculio sulphurifer Herbst, 1797 Otiorhynchus collinus Gredler, 1863 Otiorhynchus latipennis Stierlin, 1861 Otiorhynchus latissimus Stierlin, 1861 Otiorhynchus rhaeticus Stierlin, 1862 Otiorhynchus scabripennis Gyllenhal, 1834 Otiorhynchus ventricola Weise, 1894

Otiorhynchus armadillo is a species of broad-nosed weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae.

It is mainly present in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Romania, Slovenia and Switzerland.

Otiorhynchus armadillo is polyphagous and it is considered a serious pest of horticultural and ornamental plants. The soil-living larvae feed on the roots of many host plants, while the adults feed on leaves.

The adults grow up to 7–12 millimetres (0.28–0.47 in) long. They are black, with longitudinal grooves on the surface of the elytra.

References

• Arnstein Staverløkk (2010). "Otiorhynchus armadillo (Rossi, 1792) (Coleoptera, Curculioidae), a weevil new to Norway" (PDF excerpt). Norwegian Journal of Entomology 57 (1): 9–11. http://www.entomologi.no/journals/nje/2010-1/abs/nje-vol57-no1-staverlokk_abs.pdf. 

Subspecies

• Otiorhynchus armadillo armadillo (Rossi, 1792)
• Otiorhynchus armadillo obsitus Gyllenhal, 1834

External links

• Biolib
• Fauna Europaea
• "Beetle threat to gardens". BBC News. October 8, 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2309909.stm.