Cosmopolites
Sign in to saveCosmopolites is a genus of true weevil in the Dryophthorinae subfamily and tribe Sphenophorini. The type species and most economically important is the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus.
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Cosmopolites is a genus of true weevil in the Dryophthorinae subfamily and tribe Sphenophorini. The type species and most economically important is the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus.
==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 Cosmopolites cribricollis Csiki, E., 1936 Cosmopolites mendicus Csiki, E., 1936 Cosmopolites pruinosus Heller, K.M., 1934 Cosmopolites striatus Fairmaire, L., 1902
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