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V-back Snout Beetle

Phlyctinus callosus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 53, February 59, March 67, April 120, May 44, June 21, July 18, August 16, September 27, October 23, November 38, December 64.
New Zealand550
Australia494
Victoria269
Wellington Region174
Canterbury Region129
South Africa110
Western Cape109
South Australia99
Western Australia81
Taranaki Region55

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
GenusPhlyctinus

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