Weevils - Entomological Society of Canada

Distribution. Ontario to Alberta, south through the northern
United States from North Dakota to Michigan, south to Indiana.
Alberta: Edmonton. Manitoba: Aweme and Husavick. Ontario: Ottawa
and Turkey Point.
Map 19. Collection localities of Apion huron (a) and A. idiastes (O) .
Comments. This species belongs to the subgenus Eutrichapion
and most closely resembles A. cauifrons. Adults of A. huron are
distinguished by the flat frons and by the single row of setae on the
elytral interstriae. Adults were collected from May through August.
Nothing is known of the life history or habits of this species. Kissinger
(1968) designated the lectotype ofthis species.
Apion idrastes Kissinger
Figs. 100, 101; Map 19
Apion idiastes Kissinger, L968:47 (holotype, Clementon, N.J.;
USNM); O'Brien and Wibmer 1982:24.
Description. Length 2.L-2.7 mm. Body moderately elongate,
dark reddish brown. Pubescence conspicuous, consisting of white,
off-white, yellow, to dark scales; scales on basal and apical regions of
elytra lighter, separated by transverse bands of finer, darker scales
appearing as dark band near middle; scales on metepisternum dense at
base, thinning out to more or less single row in apical half. Frons wider
than dorsal tip of rostrum. Rostrum about 1.5 times longer than
pronotum in males, slightly longer in females, both with sparse, fairly
coarse round punctures; rostrum not deeply sulcate or carinate at base.
Rostrum of males with scales distal to antennal insertion as coarse as
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