Aphela algarum (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.
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Cyclominae
Tribe: Notiomimetini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 4
Flightedness: (not yet documented)
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: herbivorous (on seashore algae)
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
