Homoeolabus analis

Homoeolabus analis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Attelabidae
Genus: Homoeolabus
Species:
H. analis
Binomial name
Homoeolabus analis
(Illiger, 1794)

Homoeolabus analis, known generally as the leaf-rolling weevil or oak leaf rolling weevil, is a species of leaf-rolling weevil in the family of beetles known as Attelabidae.[1][2][3][4] The leaf roll of an Attelabidae[1][2][3][4] beetle is referred to as a nidus (plural, niduses or nidi)—the Latin word for 'nest'. The process of constructing the leaf roll is termed "nidification". The main purpose of a leaf roll is to keep the eggs safe during the gestation period. It is found in North America.[1] It is often preyed upon by the obligate egg predator and nest thief; Thief Weevil. [5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Homoeolabus analis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  2. ^ a b "Homoeolabus analis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  3. ^ a b "Homoeolabus analis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  4. ^ a b "Homoeolabus analis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  5. ^ "leaf-rolling weevil". University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

Further reading

  • 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.
  • Media related to Homoeolabus analis at Wikimedia Commons