Anchylorhynchus aegrotus

Anchylorhynchus aegrotus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae

Anchylorhynchus is a genus of weevils belonging the family Curculionidae and subfamily Curculioninae. It currently includes 25 described species distributed from Panama to Argentina. Members of the genus are pollinators of palms in the genera Syagrus, Oenocarpus and Butia, with adults living in inflorescences and larvae feeding on developing fruits.

Distribution

Anchylorhynchus aegrotus — (c) Gustavo Masuzzo, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Gustavo Masuzzo · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Argentina · 31Brazil · 20Uruguay · 1

Sources and credits

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Anchylorhynchus aegrotus

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