Premnotrypes
"Premnotrypes' (Andean potato weevil) is a genus of weevils (which are beetles). It was described in 1914 by American entomologist W. Dwight Pierce (1881-1967). Several species in the genus are pests, because the larvae feed on potato tubers and the adults on the leaves (one species even has the specific epithet "solanivorax", 'potato devourer'). It is native to Latin America, in particular Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, but has been recorded as a possible invader on other continents.
Q34740
genus
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Q383963
weevil
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Q22671
beetle
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Q1361864
described
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Q39286
entomologist
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Q22112199
W. Dwight Pierce
PER
Q7432
species
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Q5333460
pest
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Q10998
potato
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Q908437
specific epithet
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Q750
Bolivia
LOC
Q739
Colombia
LOC
Q736
Ecuador
LOC
Q419
Peru
LOC
Q183368
invader
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Q16860934
Premnotrypes
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1914-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1914
DATE
+1881^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1881
NUMBER
-1967^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-1967
NUMBER
taxon rank
shares border with