Species
Merhynchites wickhami (Western rose curculio)
Merhynchites wickhami. Photo: (c) Mike Splain, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)
Merhynchites wickhami, the western rose curculio, is a species of leaf rolling weevil in the beetle family Attelabidae. It is found in North America.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
- Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)
- Superfamily: Curculionoidea (Snout and bark beetles)
- Family: Attelabidae (Leaf-rolling weevils)
- Subfamily: Rhynchitinae
- Tribe: Rhynchitini
- Genus: Merhynchites (Rose weevils)
- Species: Merhynchites wickhami (Western rose curculio)
- Genus: Merhynchites (Rose weevils)
- Tribe: Rhynchitini
- Subfamily: Rhynchitinae
- Family: Attelabidae (Leaf-rolling weevils)
- Superfamily: Curculionoidea (Snout and bark beetles)
- Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)
- Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
- Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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