Diocalandra | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Subfamily: | Dryophthorinae |
Genus: | Diocalandra Faust, 1894 |
Diocalandra [1] is a genus of weevils in the subfamily Dryophthorinae and the monotypic tribe Diocalandrini. Species are distributed mostly in Africa, Asia and Australia [2] and includes the lesser or four-spotted coconut weevil.
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