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Species Chalcodermus aeneus - Cowpea Curculio

Black weevil - Chalcodermus aeneus Tyloderma? - Chalcodermus aeneus Chalcodermus aeneus Boheman - Chalcodermus aeneus - female Another weevil on Passiflora incarnata - Chalcodermus aeneus Chalcodermus aeneus Boheman - Chalcodermus aeneus Small, dark weevil - Chalcodermus aeneus little black weevil - Chalcodermus aeneus Chalcodermus aeneus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Molytinae
Tribe Sternechini
Genus Chalcodermus
Species aeneus (Cowpea Curculio)
Explanation of Names
Chalcodermus aeneus Boheman 1837
Size
4.8-5.5 mm(1)
Identification

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2017
Range
se. US (MD-FL to IN-TX) to Mesoamerica(1)(2)
Food
hosts: a variety of plants, incl. several important crops(1)
Works Cited
1.Weevils of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae).
Janet C. Ciegler. 2010. Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. 276 pp.
2.Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies...
O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 10 November, 2010 - 10:14pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 1 February, 2017 - 2:59pm

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