Merhynchites wickhami

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

Merhynchites wickhami
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Attelabidae
Genus:	Merhynchites
Species:	M. wickhami
Binomial name
Merhynchites wickhami (Cockerell, 1912)

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Merhynchites wickhami:

• Merhynchites wickhami rufi Hamilton
• Merhynchites wickhami wickhami

References

1. "Merhynchites wickhami Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Merhynchites wickhami". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Merhynchites wickhami 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.