1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Exapion ulicis (Forster, 1771) (Coleoptera: Brentidae: Apioninae: Exapiini) Common Name Gorse Weevil Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140270 Image Library New Zealand Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/ Partners for New Zealand Biosecurity image library Landcare Research — Manaaki Whenua http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/ MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2010) Gorse Weevil(Exapion ulicis)Updated on 3/30/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140270 2.3. Facets Groups: Beetles Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: Fabaceous produce Status: NZ - Exotic Pest Status: 0 Unknown Distribution: 0 Unknown Host Family: 0 Unknown 2.4. Other Names Apion ulicis Forster, 1771 Brentid Beetle Brentid Weevil Straight-Snouted Weevil 2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult** Length 1.7-2.4 mm. Black or piceous, scape, funicle, fore femora and tibiae reddish brown, middle and particularly hind femora distinctly darker than fore legs. Vestiture of pronotum and elytra dense, concealing nearly completely integument, ash grey, consisting of lineal or lanceolate scales, vestiture less dense on head, rostrum, legs and underside except last ventrite. Head spherical; temples short, one-third or quarter of an anteroposterior diameter of eyes, sparsely pubescent. Middle coxae separate, the meso-and metasternal processes meeting. Antennae subbasal, inserting under a dentiform expansion. Claws dentate. **Male** Rostrum 1.25-1.35x longer than prothorax, rather strongly curved, postrostrum rhomboidal in dorsal view, ending in a lateroventral tooth, dull, sparsely squamose, prorostrum shiny, glabrous, finely punctate. **Female** Rostrum 1.75-1.90x longer than prothorax, distinctly less curved, also shiny and finely punctate. Prothorax 1.15-1.25x wider than long, with a deep median groove on basal third, with a weak lateral constriction. **References** - Kuschel, G. (2003). _Nemonychidae, Belidae, Brentidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)_. Fauna of New Zealand 45. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, 100 pp. 2.6. References - Kuschel, G. (2003). _Nemonychidae, Belidae, Brentidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)_. Fauna of New Zealand 45. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, 100 pp. - Forster, J.R. (1771). _Novae Species Insectorum_. Centuria I. Davies and White. London. 1–100. - Maddox D.M., Joley D.B. & Pitcairn M.J. (2007). Studies on the biology of the Gorse Seed Weevil, _Exapion ulicis_ (Forster 1771), in Northern California (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). _Pan-Pacific Entomologist_, 83(1): 32-40. [doi: 10.3956/0031-0603- 83.1.32](http://dx.doi.org/10.3956%2F0031-0603-83.1.32) 3. Diagnostic Images COL82 COL82 Dorsal - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Head Oblique - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF COL82 COL82 Lateral - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Posterior Oblique - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF COL82 COL82 Pronotum - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Ventral - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Results Generated: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 .