Cionus alauda (Herbst, 1784), (a figwort weevil)

4 May 2017 at OSGR: SY68 in Dorset, England

Cionus alauda is also a member of:
water beetles - water beetles (via Curculionidae)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Record Summary	mating pair, on Water Figwort
Found as	In cop.
Date	4 May 2017
Associated organism	Scrophularia auriculata
OS grid ref	OSGR: SY68
Lat/Lon	50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W
Vice County	Dorset, VC no: 9
Country	England

The following literature was used to identify this find:

Morris, M.G., 2002. True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

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Cionus alauda (Herbst, 1784), (a figwort weevil)

4 May 2017 at OSGR: SY68 in Dorset, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cionus alauda is also a member of:

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