Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus (Goeze, 1777) (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 Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus)

TMAG collections

Introduced from Europe.

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Curculionoidea

Family: Curculionidae

Subfamily: Entiminae

Tribe: Otiorhynchini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 8
Flightedness: flightless

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: root-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic

Ecological attributes: — Eucryphia lucida is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a).
Collection method(s) for TFIC material: — Not specified — Rearing in insectary (host not documented).

Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1990a). Tasmanian forest insects and their host plants: records from the Tasmanian Forestry Commission insect collection. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 32 pages.