Lixus angustatus

Lixus angustatus is a species of weevil found in Europe (including the Iberian Peninsula) and the Mediterranean Basin.[1][2] The general size of the weevil is about 5.5 mm. The coloration of the weevil is brown and green.[3]

Lixus angustatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Lixus
Species:
L. angustatus
Binomial name
Lixus angustatus
(Fabricius, 1775)

Hastings Country Park produced the last British records of this species and it is now considered to no longer breed in Britain.[4]

References

  1. Lixus angustatus June 2009
  2. "Illustrated Up-to-date Catalogue of the Curculionoidea-Fauna of Cyprus". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Biodiversity of Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve


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