Vine weevil at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Orthorhinus klugii | 10 May 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Orthorhinus cylindrirostris | 14 Oct 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Orthorhinus cylindrirostris | 13 Oct 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 13 Oct 2019 | TimL |
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User's notes
Possibly a stem-girdling weevil, Othorhinus klugii, sighted chewing around a stem. Sighting and images by Marcus Leach.
2 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
10 May 2021
The oblique white band on the side of the elytra (sometimes indistinct on presumably aged individuals) is a good diagnostic feature for O. klugii. It is also smaller than O. cylindirostris.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108109-35.273863
- Maps ANBG
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Oct 2019 12:05 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Orthorhinus klugii Weevils (Curculionoidea) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Orthorhinus klugii Scientific name
- Vine weevil Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 801m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes