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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Pea and Bean Weevils (Bruchinae) » Bruchini » Acanthoscelidina » Acanthoscelides » Bean Weevil (Acanthoscelides obtectus)

Species Acanthoscelides obtectus - Bean Weevil

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited

Bean Weevil (Acanthoscelides obtectus) - Acanthoscelides obtectus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Bruchinae (Pea and Bean Weevils)

Tribe Bruchini

Subtribe Acanthoscelidina

Genus Acanthoscelides

Species obtectus (Bean Weevil)

Other Common Names

American Seed Beetle, Dried Bean Weevil

Explanation of Names

Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say 1831)

Identification

Det. v belov, 2020

Range

widely dist. - Map (1)

of neotropical origin, now throughout warm regions of Europe and Africa, parts of Asia, but not in Australia(2)(3)

Habitat

in cold temperate regions can survive winter only in heated environment(4)

Food

beans, particularly of Phaseolus and Vigna(4); adults do not feed(2)

Life Cycle

Oogenesis is stimulated only after palpal contact with bean seeds, leaves, or pods.(5)

Works Cited

1.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

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

3.	Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada Kingsolver J.M. 2004. USDA Tech. Bull. 1912 (2 vols.).

4.	Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: An identification guide Bousquet Y. 1990. Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Publication 1837.

5.	Insect-Plant Biology L.M. Schoonhoven, T. Jermy, and J.J.A. Van Loon. 1998. Chapman and Hall.

Contributed by Stephen Luk on 16 December, 2013 - 3:49pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 9 September, 2023 - 9:39am

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