Scyphophorus acupunctatus

Scyphophorus acupunctatus, the sisal weevil or agave weevil, 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

Scyphophorus acupunctatus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
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

References
  1. "Scyphophorus acupunctatus (agave weevil)". cabi.org. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
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