Biology:Scyphophorus acupunctatus

Short description: Species of beetle

Scyphophorus acupunctatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Scyphophorus
Species:	S. acupunctatus
Binomial name
Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhaal, 1838
Synonyms
Rhyncophorus asperulus LeConte, 1857 Scyphophorus anthracinus Gyllenhal, 1838 Scyphophorus interstitialis Gyllenhal, 1838 Scyphophorus robustior Horn, 1873

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.

Sisal weevil, struggling to get up

Sisal weevil

Sisal weevil, found in the White Sands Monument in New Mexico

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3476564 entry