Pterocolus ovatus

Pterocolus ovatus, known generally as the thief weevil or leaf roll thief, is a species of thief weevil in the family of beetles known as Attelabidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[1] The thief weevil is an obligate egg predator and nest thief of Homoeolabus analis, the Oak Leaf-Rolling Weevil.[3]

Pterocolus ovatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Attelabidae
Genus:	Pterocolus
Species:	P. ovatus
Binomial name
Pterocolus ovatus (Fabricius, 1801)

References

1. "Pterocolus ovatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
2. "Pterocolus ovatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
3. "leaf-rolling weevil". University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.