Cosmopolites

This article is about the weevil genus. For other uses, see Cosmopolite (disambiguation) and Cosmopolitan (disambiguation).
True weevils and bark beetles
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Dryophthorinae
Tribe: Sphenophorini
Genus: Cosmopolites
Chevrolat, 1885
Species

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Cosmopolites is a genus of true weevil in the Dryophthorinae subfamily.[1] The type species and most economically important is the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus.[2][3]

Species

The genus contains at least five described species, including the following:

Notes and references

  1. Cosmopolites at the Encyclopedia of Life
  2. Gold, Clifford S.; Pena, Jorge E.; and Karamura, Eldad B. (2001). "Biology and integrated pest management for the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae)". Integrated Pest Management Reviews 6 (2): 79–155. doi:10.1023/A:1023330900707.
  3. Kolappan, B. "Stem borer a nightmare for banana farmers". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013.
  4. "Banana weevil". Infonet-Biovision. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012.
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