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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Oriental Broad-nosed Weevils (Cyphicerini) » Myllocerina » Myllocerus » Sri Lanka Weevil (Myllocerus undecimpustulatus)

Species Myllocerus undecimpustulatus - Sri Lanka Weevil

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Little Leaf Notcher Weevil - Myllocerus undecimpustulatus

Sri Lanka - Myllocerus undecimpustulatus

Which Sri Lanka? - Myllocerus undecimpustulatus

light gray weevil - Myllocerus undecimpustulatus

Ding Darling Refuge weevil on Fabaceae 2019 1 - Myllocerus undecimpustulatus

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 Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)

Tribe Cyphicerini (Oriental Broad-nosed Weevils)

Subtribe Myllocerina

Genus Myllocerus

Species undecimpustulatus (Sri Lanka Weevil)

Other Common Names

Yellow-headed Ravenous Weevil

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Myllocerus undatus Marshall

Explanation of Names

Myllocerus undecimpustulatus Faust 1891

Identification

similar to Artipus floridanus (native to peninsular FL) but has wider shoulders, spines on the hind femur and a yellowish tint to the head(1)

vs A. floridanus

Range

native to Sri Lanka, adventive in our area (peninsular FL)(1)

Food

hosts include >150 plant species including native, ornamental, vegetable and fruit crops(2); in FL, recorded from 65 host spp. from palms to roadside weeds, including citrus; larvae burrow in the soil, feeding on roots(1)

Remarks

first detected in Florida in 2000(2), now the most commonly seen entimine in FL(3)

Internet References

Fact sheet (Neal 2017)(2)

Works Cited

1.	Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a recently discovered pest weevil... O’Brien C.W., Haseeb M., Thomas M.C. 2006. Fla. Dept. Agric. & Cons. Svs. Entomol. Circular 412: 1‒4.

2.	University of Florida: Featured Creatures

3.	iNaturalist

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 24 July, 2004 - 9:57pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 17 March, 2024 - 1:40pm

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