Species Caulophilus oryzae - Broad-nosed Grain Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Which weevil is this? - Caulophilus oryzae

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 Cossoninae

Tribe Dryotribini

Genus Caulophilus

Species oryzae (Broad-nosed Grain Weevil)

Explanation of Names

Caulophilus oryzae (Gyllenhal 1838)

Range

native to Central America, adventive in our area (so. US) and elsewhere (w. Palaearctic, West Indies)(1)(2)

Remarks

introduced ca. 1892; minor pest of stored grain, nuts, avocado seeds, etc.(3)

Internet References

Fact sheet(2)

Works Cited

1.	Manual for identification of quarantine and other important pests of raw materials, stored products, and seed Mordkovich Ya.B., Sokolov E.A. 1999. Kolos, Moscow, 384 pp.

2.	Haseeb M., O'Brien C.W., Kairo M.T.K. (2010) Potentially invasive weevil species from the Caribbean countries to the US...

3.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

Contributed by v belov on 24 February, 2012 - 2:50pm
Last updated 29 April, 2014 - 7:12pm

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