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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Anthonomini » Anthonomus » subgenus Anthonomus (Anthonomus subgenus Anthonomus) » Pepper Weevil (Anthonomus eugenii)

Species Anthonomus eugenii - Pepper Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Weevil inside pepper - Anthonomus eugenii

Weevil in Red Pepper - Anthonomus eugenii

weevil or related family - Anthonomus eugenii

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 Curculioninae

Tribe Anthonomini

Genus Anthonomus

No Taxon (subgenus Anthonomus)

Species eugenii (Pepper Weevil)

Explanation of Names

Anthonomus eugenii Cano 1894

Range

e. NA to Calif. (GA-FL-TX-CA) to El Salvador - Map (1)(2)

Season

Breeding may be continuous throughout the year(3).

Food

Oviposits on Capsicum and Solanum, but feeding by adults extends to other Solanaceae such as Physalis, Lycopersicon, Datura, Petunia, and Nicotiana. (Capinera, 2013)

Life Cycle

Larvae tunnel the center of pepper fruit and feed on the seed mass (3)

A complete generation takes 20 to 30 days, depending on weather. Larvae go through 3 instars.

Remarks

Considered a pest, the most important pest of peppers in southern US.

Probably originated in Mexico. Considered invasive in this country. (Capinera, 2002)

Print References

Capinera, J.L. 2002. North American Vegetable Pests. The Pattern of Invasion. American Entomologist.

Internet References

Featured Creatures - John L. Capinera, 2013, U. Florida

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides) Whitney Cranshaw. 2004. Princeton University Press.

Contributed by Boris Büche on 23 April, 2008 - 6:38am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 11 September, 2024 - 1:11pm

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