Merhynchites bicolor

Merhynchites bicolor, the rose curculio, is a species of leaf rolling weevil in the beetle family Attelabidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Merhynchites bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Attelabidae
Genus:	Merhynchites
Species:	M. bicolor
Binomial name
Merhynchites bicolor (Fabricius, 1775)

Subspecies

These five subspecies belong to the species Merhynchites bicolor:

• Merhynchites bicolor bicolor
• Merhynchites bicolor cerdonis
• Merhynchites bicolor cockerelli Pierce, 1913
• Merhynchites bicolor niger Hamilton
• Merhynchites bicolor nigricephalus Hamilton, 1985

References

1. "Merhynchites bicolor Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Merhynchites bicolor". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Merhynchites bicolor species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.