Peristoreus viridipennis is a species of true weevil. It is endemic to New Zealand.New Zealand Organisms Register (2015). Peristoreus viridipennis (Broun, 1880) record contributed by NZIB and NZAC (Content Providers). Date of Access 2016-02-16 It is associated with plants of the genus Muehlenbeckia.Kuschel, G. 1990: Beetles in a suburban environment: a New Zealand case study. DSIR Plant Protection report, (3) Full book (PDF) [See p. 72]
P. viridipennis was originally named Erirhinus viridipennis by Thomas Broun in 1880.Broun, T. 1880: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. [See p. 452 Then, in 1926, Guy A. K. Marshall described a new genus called Dorytomodes, into which he provisionally transferred all species placed by Broun in Erirrhinus [=Erirhinus]. [See p. 10; '... Erirrhinus, Broun (nec Schh.), must provisionally be merged in Dorytomodes.'] Dorytomodes was subsequently sunk as a synonym of Peristoreus by Edwin S. ("Ted") Gourlay in 1950. [See p. 197; 'n.syn.']
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External links Observations from citizen scientists in New Zealand recorded via NatureWatch NZ