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Cyrtepistomus castaneus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Cyrtepistomus
Species:	C. castaneus
Binomial name
Cyrtepistomus castaneus (Roelofs, 1873)

Cyrtepistomus castaneus, the Asiatic oak weevil, is a species of Asian broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is native to Asia, and was first found in North America in 1933. Larvae feed on root hairs in soil, whereas adult beetles are defoliators of Quercus and Acer rubrum trees.

References

1. "Cyrtepistomus castaneus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
2. "Cyrtepistomus castaneus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
3. "Cyrtepistomus castaneus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
4. "Cyrtepistomus castaneus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
5. Frederick, Katy H.; Gering, Jon C. (January 2006). "A Field Study of Host Tree Associations of an Exotic Species, the Asiatic Oak Weevil ". The American Midland Naturalist. 155 (1): 11–18. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[0011:AFSOHT]2.0.CO;2.

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.

External links

• Media related to Cyrtepistomus castaneus at Wikimedia Commons

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