Scyphophorus yuccae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Scyphophorus |
Species: | S. yuccae |
Binomial name | |
Scyphophorus yuccae Horn, 1873 |
Scyphophorus yuccae, also known as the yucca weevil, is a species of beetle in the family Dryophthoridae. It is found in North America. Its host plant is the chaparral yucca, Hesperoyucca whipplei.
References
- "Scyphophorus yuccae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Scyphophorus yuccae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Scyphophorus yuccae species Information". BugGuide.net. Archived from the original on 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- Hogue, Charles L.; Hogue, James N. (2015). Insects of the Los Angeles Basin (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 340–341. ISBN 978-0938644-44-6. LCCN 93084264. OCLC 910654655.
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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Scyphophorus yuccae |
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