The poplar pipe-driver , or the poplar weevil [1] , or the poplar elephant [2] is a bug from the subfamily of bukarok.
| Pipe borehole driver |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subtype : | Tracheo-breathing |
| Infraclass : | Winged insects |
| Treasure : | Fully Transformed Insects |
| Superfamily : | Curculionoid |
| View: | Pipe borehole driver |
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| International scientific name |
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Byctiscus populi
( Linnaeus , 1758) |
| Synonyms |
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Rhynchites populi |
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On top of a gray-green color with a copper or golden tint; proboscis, lower body and legs blue; forehead with a rather deep furrow; length 4 - 5 mm.
It is found throughout Europe, meeting very often on aspens and poplars; females fold leaves and lay testicles in them, and sometimes they also lay in young shoots.
