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Cosmopolites

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Suborder
  
Polyphaga

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Coleoptera

Infraorder
  
Cucujiformia

Cosmopolites is a genus of true weevil in the Dryophthorinae subfamily. The type species and most economically important is the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus.

Species

The genus contains at least five described species, including the following:

  • Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar, 1824) Marshall, G.A.K., 1930, banana weevil, banana stemborer
  • Cosmopolites cribricollis Csiki, E., 1936
  • Cosmopolites mendicus Csiki, E., 1936
  • Cosmopolites pruinosus Heller, K.M., 1934
  • Cosmopolites striatus Fairmaire, L., 1902

    • References

    Cosmopolites Wikipedia
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