Scyphophorus acupunctatus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Genus
- Scyphophorus
- Species
- Scyphophorus acupunctatus
- Scientific Name
- Scyphophorus acupunctatus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Scyphophorus acupunctatus
Scyphophorus acupunctatus, the sisal weevil or agave weevil, is a species of polyphaga beetle of the family of the Curculionidae. Sisal weevil larvae, known as picudo del agave or "nixtamal worms", are a traditional food in parts of Mexico.
...Scyphophorus acupunctatus in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Garingboomsnuitkewer
- English
- Sisal Weevil
- English
- Agave Weevil
- French
- Charançon de l'Agave
- French
- Ver du Maguey
- Modern Greek
- Σκαθάρι της Αγαύης
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