Scyphophorus acupunctatus

Scyphophorus acupunctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Scyphophorus
Species: S. acupunctatus
Binomial name
Scyphophorus acupunctatus
Synonyms
  • Rhyncophorus asperulus LeConte, 1857
  • Scyphophorus anthracinus Gyllenhal, 1838
  • Scyphophorus interstitialis Gyllenhal, 1838
  • Scyphophorus robustior Horn, 1873

The sisal weevil or agave weevil ( Scyphophorus acupunctatus ) is a species of polyphaga beetle of the family of the Curculionidae.[1]

Sisal Weevil, struggling to get up
Sisal weevil
Sisal Weevil, found in the White Sands Monument in New Mexico

References

  1. ↑ "Scyphophorus acupunctatus (agave weevil)". www.cabi.org. Retrieved 2017-08-31.


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