Chrysolopus spectabilis

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Botany Bay weevil

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Chrysolopus
Species: C. spectabilis
Binomial name
Chrysolopus spectabilis
(Fabricius, 1775)

Chrysolopus spectabilis is a species of weevil found in south-eastern Australia. Common names include Botany Bay diamond weevil, Botany Bay diamond beetle and sapphire weevil. Both adults and larvae feed on acacias.

[edit] References

  • Hawkeswood, Trevor J. (1991). "Review of the history, biology and host plants of the Australian weevil Chrysolopus spectabilis (Fabricius)". Spixiana 14: 17–26.