Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Curculionidae Scientific name Conotrachelus elegans | Phylum Arthropoda Order Coleoptera Subfamily Molytinae Rank Species | |
Similar Conotrachelus, Molytinae, Plum curculio, Curculio | ||
Conotrachelus elegans, the pecan gall curculio, is a true weevil species in the genus Conotrachelus. It is found in North America where it feeds on galls of the hickory leaf stem gall phylloxera (Phylloxera caryaecaulis), found also on pecan.
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