Gonipterus gibberus

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Gonipterus gibberus - head (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Simon Hinkley & Ken Walker, Museum Victoria
Source: PaDIL

Gonipterus gibberus Boisduval - (Australian gum tree weevil)

This weevil is native to Australia where it feeds on eucalypt trees and has spread to South America. It is very similar in appearance to Gonipterus scutellatus.

For details see the respective page in Wikipedia.


Publications covering Gonipterus gibberus

Journal of Applied Ecology (2006) 43, 858-867
S.P. Worner and Muriel Gevrey (2006)
Modelling global insect pest species assemblages to determine risk of invasion

EPPO Bulletin (2005) 35, 368-370
Anonymous (2005)
Fiches informatives sur les organismes de quarantaine
Gonipterus gibberus and Gonipterus scutellatus


  • Other images of Gonipterus gibberus (PaDIL - click to enlarge)

  • pronotum

  • thorax and elytra

  • elytra

  • posterior end

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