Trichobaris is a genus of flower weevils in the family Curculionidae. There are 8 to 13 species in genus Trichobaris.
These weevils feed on plants in the family Solanaceae, including cultivated plants such as tomato, potato, and tobacco. They likely evolved in association with plants of genus Datura.
Species
Species include:
- Trichobaris bridwelli <small>Barber, 1935</small>
- Trichobaris championi <small>Barber, 1935</small>
- Trichobaris compacta <small>Casey, 1892</small> (Datura weevil)
- Trichobaris cylindrica <small>Casey, 1892</small>
- Trichobaris insolita <small>Casey, 1892</small>
- Trichobaris major <small>Barber, 1935</small>
- Trichobaris mucorea <small>(LeConte, 1858)</small> (tobacco stalk borer)
- Trichobaris pellicea <small>(Boheman, 1844)</small>
- Trichobaris pueblana <small>Casey, 1920</small>
- Trichobaris trinotata <small>(Say, 1832)</small> (potato stalk borer)
- Trichobaris vestita <small>(Boheman, 1836)</small>
Notes
References
- Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., and Christopher H. C. Lyal (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae), 315.
- Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1996). "Coleoptera". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera, 41-820.
Further reading
- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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