Cosmopolites
This article is about the weevil genus. For other uses, see Cosmopolite (disambiguation) and Cosmopolitan (disambiguation).
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| 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 |
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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:
- Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar, 1824) Marshall, G.A.K., 1930, banana weevil, banana stemborer[4]
- Cosmopolites cribricollis Csiki, E., 1936
- Cosmopolites mendicus Csiki, E. , 1936
- Cosmopolites pruinosus Heller, K.M., 1934
- Cosmopolites striatus Fairmaire, L., 1902
Notes and references
- ↑ Cosmopolites at the Encyclopedia of Life
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Kolappan, B. "Stem borer a nightmare for banana farmers". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013.
- ↑ "Banana weevil". Infonet-Biovision. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012.
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