Shiny Black Weevil
Madarellus undulatus
Shiny Black Weevil
Madarellus undulatus
The Shiny Black Weevil is a species of short snout weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae. All are strictly herbivorous. The mouth parts of snout beetles are modified into down-curved snouts, or beaks, adapted for boring into plants.
Identification: It is a dark coloured weevil with sometimes reddish body. The prothorax is glossy and somewhat punctate with striate elytron. Mouth part modified into a down-curved snout.
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Madarellus
Binomial name: Madarellus undulatus
Madarellus undulatus
The Shiny Black Weevil is a species of short snout weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae. All are strictly herbivorous. The mouth parts of snout beetles are modified into down-curved snouts, or beaks, adapted for boring into plants.
Identification: It is a dark coloured weevil with sometimes reddish body. The prothorax is glossy and somewhat punctate with striate elytron. Mouth part modified into a down-curved snout.
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Madarellus
Binomial name: Madarellus undulatus
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