Premnotrypes

Premnotrypes
Premnotrypes vorax [fr]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Entiminae
Tribe: Premnotrypini
Genus: Premnotrypes
Pierce 1914

Premnotrypes (Andean potato weevil) is a genus of weevils (which are beetles). It was described in 1914 by American entomologist W. Dwight Pierce (1881-1967). Several species in the genus are pests, because the larvae feed on potato tubers and the adults on the leaves (one species even has the specific epithet solanivorax, 'potato devourer'). It is native to Latin America, in particular Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, but has been recorded as a possible invader on other continents.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Pierce, W. Dwight (1914). "New Potato Weevils from South America". J. Agric. Res. 1 (4): 347–352 at 348. At Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ "Genus Premnotrypes Pierce, 1914". speciesfile.org. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Potato weevil". padil.gov.au. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Premnotrypes". insectimages.org. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Premnotrypes spp". Landbrugsstyrelsen [da] (in Danish). Retrieved 15 December 2019.