Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Fabricius, 1775) (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 sulcatus)
TMAG collections
Introduced from Europe.
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Entiminae
Tribe: Otiorhynchini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 12
Flightedness: flightless
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: root-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Ecological attributes: — Eucalyptus amygdalina is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a).
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified).
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.
