Sphinctobelus cinereus (a species of belid 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 Pachyura cinerea; Pachyura minima)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Belidae
Subfamily: Belinae
Tribe: Pachyurini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Ecological attributes: — Acacia dealbata is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990).
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — At light (with use of light-trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Acacia dealbata — Hand collection from Eucalyptus nitens — Hand collection from Eucalyptus regnans — Rearing in insectary (host not documented) — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus viminalis.
Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1990). Tasmanian forest insects and their host plants: records from the Tasmanian Forestry Commission insect collection. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 32 pages.
