Body covered with dense setae, it is brown to light brown with distinct light brown/orange patch along posterior margin of pronotum and 2 distinct tubercles mesially on anterior margin of pronotum.

At a glance

Habitat The larvae of this insect bore in Acacia twigs but also attack grapevines
Size Can grow to around 10mm
Origin Native
Distribution South eastern Australia including around Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
South eastern Australia including around Tasmania
Habitat
The larvae of this insect bore in Acacia twigs but also attack grapevines
Size
Can grow to around 10mm
Common Name Vine Weevil
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Native
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumHexapoda
ClassInsecta
SubclassPterygotes
OrderColeoptera
SuborderPolyphaga
SuperfamilyCurculionoidea
FamilyCurculionidae
SubfamilyMolytinae
TribeOrthorhinini
GenusOrthorhinus
SpeciesOrthorhinus klugii
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