Tyrtaeosus mixtus Lea, 1913 (a species of weevil)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collecctions
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Molytinae
Tribe: Cryptorhynchini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Lea, A.M. (1913a). Descriptions of Australian Curculionidae, with notes on previously described species. Part X1. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust. 37: 301-445.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Baited trapping (wasp trap) — Pipe trapping — Sticky trapping (substrate not specified) — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus globulus — Vane trapping.
