Anthonomus variabilis (Hoffman, 1963)

Bolu, Halil & Legalov, Andrei A., 2008, On the Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) fauna of Almond (Amygdalus communis L.) Orchards in South-eastern and Eastern Anatolia in Turkey, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (1), pp. 75-86 : 75-86

Anthonomus variabilis (Hoffman, 1963)

Material examined: 1 ex., Sivrice , 6.10.2003 ; 8 ex., Mardin, 25.4.2004 ; 3 ex., idem, 3.5.2004 ; 1 ex., Akbağ , 3.6.2003 ; 2 ex., idem, 3.3.2004 ; 6 ex., idem, 23.4.2004 ; 1 ex., idem, 13.5.2004 ; 1 ex., Yeşilli , 2.4.2002 ; 7 ex., Ergani , 16.5.2002 ; 1 ex., idem, 28.4.2004 ; 10 ex., idem, 6.5.2004 ; 5 ex., Çermik , 29.4.2003 ; 10 ex., idem, 12.4.2004 ; 4 ex., idem, 28.4.2004 ; 1 ex., Harput , 7.10.2003 .

Host plants of larva: Amygdalus ( Dieckmann 1968) .

Distribution: Iran, Turkey ( Dieckmann 1968).

Remarks: This species is obligate on almonds.

Subfamily: Hyperinae Marseul, 1863

Tribe: Hyperini Marseul, 1863