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Pittosporum Flower Weevil

Aneuma rubricale

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 9, February 11, March 5, April 10, May 1, June 3, July 8, August 8, September 14, October 19, November 8, December 14.
New Zealand110
Canterbury Region55
Otago Region24
Bay of Plenty Region8
Waikato Region7
Manawatu-Wanganui Region5
Northland Region4
Tasman Region3
Auckland Region2
Wellington Region1

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
GenusAneuma

Sources

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