Myllocerus undecimpustulatus

Myllocerus undecimpustulatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Myllocerus
Species:	M. undecimpustulatus
Binomial name
Myllocerus undecimpustulatus Faust, J., 1891

Myllocerus undecimpustulatus, known generally as the Sri Lanka weevil or yellow-headed ravenous weevil, is a species of oriental broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It damages crops and is resistant to controls. It has spread. ^[5]

References

1. "Myllocerus undecimpustulatus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
2. "Myllocerus undecimpustulatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
3. "Myllocerus undecimpustulatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
4. "Myllocerus undecimpustulatus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
5. https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/sri_lankan_weevil.htm

Further reading

• Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN   84-605-9994-9.
• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• Bright, Donald E.; Bouchard, Patrice (2008). "Insects and Arachnids of Canada Series, Part 25. Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae". NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Brown, S.D.J. (2017). "Austromonticola, a new genus of broad-nosed weevil (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) from montane areas of New Zealand". ZooKeys (707): 73–130. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.707.12649 . PMC   5674147 . PMID   29118629.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• O'Brien, C.W.; Haseeb, M.; Thomas, M.C. (2006). "Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a recently discovered pest weevil". Fla. Dept. Of Agriculture & Cons. SVS. Division of Plant Industry –– Entomology Circular. 412: 1–4.
• O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Myllocerus undecimpustulatus at Wikimedia Commons