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Barypeithes pellucidus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Barypeithes
Species:	B. pellucidus
Binomial name
Barypeithes pellucidus (Boheman, 1834)

Barypeithes pellucidus is a species of weevil native to Europe. It has been found in North American hardwood forests for over a century. Larva eat roots and overwinter underground.

References

1. Boheman, C. H. in Schönherr C.G Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae,specie novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C. H. Boheman; et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris, Roret. (1833-1845)
2. Fauna Europaea
3. Morris, M. G., 1997 Curculionidae: Entiminae (Broad-nosed weevils) RES Royal Entomological Society Handbooks Handbooks for the identification of British Insects. Volume 5 part 17a.
4. Coyle, David; Duman, John; Raffa, Kenneth (2011-01-01). "Temporal and Species Variation in Cold Hardiness among Invasive Rhizophagous Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in a Northern Hardwood Forest". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 104 (1): 59–67. doi:10.1603/AN10112. S2CID 207237152.

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