Liparus glabrirostris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Liparus |
Species: | L. glabrirostris
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Binomial name | |
Liparus glabrirostris (Küster, 1849)
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Liparus glabrirostris, the butterbur weevil, is a beetle belonging to the family Curculionidae, named after its larvae's most common genus of host plants, butterburs.
When threatened, it can exhibit apparent death, becoming temporarily unresponsive.[1]