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Asian Oak Weevil

Cyrtepistomus castaneus

10,000 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 58, February 57, March 77, April 135, May 232, June 113, July 140, August 131, September 99, October 83, November 57, December 53.
United States9,962
New York1,118
Virginia1,053
Pennsylvania915
Maryland903
North Carolina901
Massachusetts754
New Jersey562
Canada490
Ontario489

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyTrue Weevils · Curculionidae
GenusCyrtepistomus

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