Exapion ulicis (gorse-seed 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: Apioninae
Tribe: Apionini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 1.8
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Introduced as a biological control agent for European gorse Ulex europaeus – feeds on the seeds of this species.
