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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.[1] Sisal weevil larvae, known as picudo del agave
or "nixtamal worms", are a traditional food in parts of Mexico.[2]
Sisal weevil, struggling to get upSisal weevilSisal weevil, found in the White Sands Monument in New Mexico
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