Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Suborder Polyphaga Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Coleoptera Infraorder Cucujiformia | |
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Similar Beetle, Aspidapion validum, Alocentron curvirostre, Malvapion malvae, Rhopalapion longirostre | ||
Ixapion variegatum (Wencker, 1864), the Kiss Me Slow Weevil, is a weevil in the family Brentidae, which occurs at low densities throughout its west European range.
It is a parasite of Mistletoe, from which its English vernacular name is derived. Eggs are laid in the plants stems, just below terminal buds. In Europe, the larvae feed from April–July, and emerge the following June.
Feeding by adult weevils, which are between 2.1 and 2.8 mm long, results in brown speckling on the plant's leaves.
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