Strawberry Root Weevil

Otiorhynchus ovatus

General Status Rank: 
Alien
Common Name: 
Strawberry Root Weevil
Scientific Name: 
Otiorhynchus ovatus
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Curculionidae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

Northwest Territories: Fort Smith ; found everywhere in southern Canada where plants occur
Score: 
A
References: 
B190
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Alien
Status Rank Description: 
n NT according to Bright, DE, and P. Bouchard. 2008. Coleoptera Curculionoidea Entiminae. In The Insect and Arachnids of Canada, Part 25. NRC-CNRC, Ottawa, Ont. 327 pgs. In 7 sites (Bright and Bouchard 2008); labelled as introduced in Anderson 1997 Anderson, RS. 1997. Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae. excluding Scolytinae and Platypodinae) of the Yukon. In: Insects of the Yukon (eds. HV. Danks and JA. Downes). Biological Survey of Canada Monograph Series. No. 2.
S Rank: 
SNA
Decision Process Description: 
Draft ranks by Chandra Venables (2012) under contract for northern beetles assessment with Environment Canada (National General Status Assessment).
Last Updated: 
July 14, 2014

References

Number of Occurrences

  • Bright, DE, and P. Bouchard. (2008) Coleoptera Curculionoidea Entiminae.. In The Insect and Arachnids of Canada, Part 25. NRC-CNRC, Ottawa, Ont. 327 pgs. - B190 Return