''Peritaxia hispida'' is a species of

broad-nosed weevil The Entiminae are a large subfamily in the weevil family Curculionidae, containing most of the short-nosed weevils, including such genera as ''Entimus'', ''Otiorhynchus'', ''Phyllobius'', ''Sitona'', and ''Pachyrhynchus, Pachyrrhynchus''. In co ...

in the beetle family

Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae. Th ...

. It is found in North America. The species was first described in 1876 by George H. Horn in Leconte's ''The Rhynchoptera of America, North of Mexico''.

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