Cyphagogus bipunctatus (a species of straight-snouted 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: Brentidae
Subfamily: Brentinae
Tribe: Cyphagogini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 7.5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: (not yet documented)
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)
Ecological attributes: — Eucalyptus ovata is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990).
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Pitfall trapping.
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.
