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Scotasmus costirostris (Lea, 1908) (a species of weevil)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp. (as Perperus costirostris)

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Curculionoidea

Family: Curculionidae

Subfamily: Entiminae

Tribe: Leptopiini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 8.5
Flightedness: (not yet documented)

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: (not yet documented)
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Eucalyptus obliqua — Pipe trapping

Scotasmus costirostris
Scotasmus costirostris
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Scotasmus costirostris