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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) » Boll Weevil (Anthonomus grandis)

Species Anthonomus grandis - Boll Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Weevil on wild cotton - Anthonomus grandis - female Boll weevil - Anthonomus grandis I think Boll Weevil (wild Cotton subsp), but it's larger than last years - Anthonomus grandis Anthonomus grandis Boheman - Anthonomus grandis Anthonomus grandis Boheman - Anthonomus grandis Anthonomus grandis thurberiae - Anthonomus grandis Anthonomus grandis thurberiae? - Anthonomus grandis Anthonomus grandis thurberiae? - Anthonomus grandis
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 grandis (Boll Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Anthonomus grandis Boheman 1843
Size
4.0-7.5 mm(1)
Range
Native to Mesoamerica, adventive in the US; used to be widespread across so. US (north to VA-KS-CA)(1), now extirpated from much of the US (map)
Food
hosts: cotton (Gossypium, Malvaceae)(1)
Remarks
First introduced into the US near Brownsville, TX, ca.1892
Internet References
Fact sheets: OK State U. | Ellis & Horton (1999)
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.
Contributed by Ron M. on 2 October, 2008 - 5:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 26 September, 2023 - 8:21pm

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