Eudociminus

Genus-level characters for Eudociminus have not been explicitly described in available sources; species-level identification requires examination of morphological features detailed in taxonomic redescriptions.

Wetland forests dominated by cypress species; breeding occurs in scarred, weakened, or fallen bald cypress and pond cypress trees.

Native to North America; documented in Florida and North Carolina with range expansion reported beyond previously known limits.

Phytophagous: feeds on bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens).

• Taxodium distichum - primary hostbald cypress
• Taxodium ascendens - primary hostpond cypress

Larvae tunnel through the main stem and root collar of small-diameter cypress nursery stock; specific developmental stages and duration have not been documented.

Adult feeding causes limited wounding and girdling of cypress stump sprouts and planted seedlings; larvae bore into woody stems.

Decomposer of weakened or fallen cypress trees; occasional pest of cypress nursery stock and planted seedlings; possible causative agent of tree mortality under certain conditions.

Occasional pest of cypress nursery stock and planted seedlings; not a frequent pest of major economic importance but warrants recognition for damage potential.

• >PissodesBoth are pine/cypress weevils in Curculionidae that damage coniferous trees; Eudociminus is distinguished by association with Taxodium species rather than Pinus.

• Coleoptera
• Curculionidae
• weevil
• cypress
• Taxodium
• forest pest
• North America
• wetland forest

• BugGuide
• Wikipedia
• GBIF taxonomy match
• iNaturalist taxon
• Catalogue of Life
• Cypress Weevil, Eudociminus mannerheimii (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• New Information About the Cypress Weevil,Eudociminus mannerheimii(Boheman, 1836) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae): Redescription, Range Expansion, New Host Records, and Report as a Possible Causative Agent of Tree Mortality