First record of the weevil Otiorhynchus armadillo (Coleoptera:Curculionidae) in Greece

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Published: Nov 10, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/eh.19028
Keywords:
Entiminae Otiorhynchini weevil taxonomy first record Greece
Athanasios Mpamnaras
Department of Agricultural Technologists, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly
Panagiotis Eliopoulos
Department of Agricultural Technologists, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly
Abstract
An entimine weevil is recorded for the first time in Greece. Around the year 2000, Otiorhynchus armadillo (Rossi, 1792) was found in the district of Larisa. Images of the species (of the original specimen collected in Greece) and information on its distribution, ecology and biology, are presented.
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