Английская Википедия:Cionus hortulanus
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Cionus hortulanus is a species of weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Curculioninae.[1][2]
Etymology
The genus name Cionus derives from the Greek kíonos, meaning column, with reference to the shape of the snout. The Latin species name hortulanus means garden warden.[3]
Distribution and habitat
This species is present in most of Europe,[4] in NW Africa, the Caucasus, Asia Minor, Iran, Siberia, Central Asia and India.[5] These beetles mainly inhabit meadows and hedge rows.[6]
Description
Cionus hortulanus can reach a length of Шаблон:Convert.[6] These tiny beetles have a short, oblong and convex body, a conical thorax and a long thin rostrum. Thorax and elytra are covered with grey scales.
The basic body color is grey-brown, with one large velvety black spot in the middle of the elytra and a smaller one at the apex. The elytra bears four raised lines with a series of black markings. The antennae are reddish.[7]
Biology
Adults of these beetles can be found from June to September.[6] They feed on leaves of Buddleja and Verbascum species, while larvae feed on Water Figwort (Scrophularia auriculata), Common Figwort (Scrophularia nodosa)[6] and Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsus).[8][9] Females lay eggs on leaves of the host plants.
References
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ Invertebrated Online
- ↑ Kerbtier – Beetle Fauna of Germany
- ↑ Fauna europaea
- ↑ Maksims Balalaikins Latvian Curculioninae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): 1. Tribe Cionini Schoenherr, 1825
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 6,3 Commanster
- ↑ Sharp, W. E. Common beetles of the British uplands
- ↑ Bio Info
- ↑ Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
