Liparus glabrirostris

Liparus glabrirostris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Liparus
Species:
L. glabrirostris
Binomial name
Liparus glabrirostris
(Küster, 1849)

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]

  1. ^ "Liparus glabrirostris". Picture Insect.