Anthonomus
| Anthonomus | |
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Anthonomus grandis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Curculioninae |
| Tribe: | Anthonomini |
| Genus: | Anthonomus Germar, 1817 |
| Synonyms | |
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Furcipus | |
Anthonomus is a genus of
boll weevil, strawberry blossom weevil, and pepper weevil, as well as promising biological pest control agents such as Anthonomus santacruzi
.
Taxonomy
The taxonomy of the genus is still under revision. It is unclear whether Cnemocyllus should be a genus or a subgenus within Anthonomus.[1] Research suggests that the genus Hampea in the mallow family was the original host plant for the A. grandis species group.[2]
See also
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References
- ^ Clark, W. E. and H. R. Burke (2005). "Revision of the subgenus Cnemocyllus Dietz of the weevil genus Anthonomus Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Anthonomini)". Insecta Mundi.
- ISSN 0013-8746.
- Majka, Christopher G.; Anderson, Robert S.; McCorquodale, David B. (2007). "The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New records from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and regional zoogeography" (PDF). The Canadian Entomologist. 139 (3): 397–442. doi:10.4039/n06-021. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-14.