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Boll Weevil

Anthonomus grandis

Classification

Class
Insecta

The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae. The boll weevil feeds on cotton buds and flowers. Thought to be native to Central Mexico, it migrated into the United States from Mexico in the late 19th century and had infested all U.

Distribution

(c) Macotulio Soto Hernández, Robert W. Jones, Pedro Reyes Castillo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 3Mexico · 2United States of America · 1