Weevils That Eat Bromeliads | Pests of Bromeliads | Bromeliad Biota


A List of Weevils Known to Eat Bromeliads

Subfamily Dryophthorinae (or family Dryophthoridae)

Cactophagus
C. lojanus (Heller).......Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
C. miniatopunctatus Chevrolat.......Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
C. sanguinolentus (Olivier).......Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
C. transatlanticus (Kirsch).......Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru
C. validirostris (Gyllenhal).......Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador

Metamasius
M. anceps (Gyllenhal).......Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
M. alveolus Vaurie.......Costa Rica
M. bromeliadicola Champion.......Costa Rica
M. callizona (Chevrolat).......Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, USA (Florida)
M. ciliatus (Champion).......Mexico
M. cincinnatus Champion.......Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador
M. dimidiatipennis (Jekel).......Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Indonesia (Java)
M. fasciatus (Olivier).......Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador
M. flavopictus (Champion).......Mexico, Belize
M. hebetatus (Gyllenhal).......Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
M. hemipterus (Linnaeus).......Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, US Virgin Islands, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, South America, Florida (USA)
M. mosieri Barber.......Cuba, Dominican Republic, USA (Florida)
M. nudiventris Champion.......Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize
M. quadrilineatus Champion .......Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras
M. quadrisignatus (Gyllenhal).......Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Panama
M. ritchiei Marshall.......Cuba, Jamaica
M. rugipectus (Champion).......Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama
M. sellatus Champion.......Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama

Paradiaphorus
P. crenatus (Gyllenhal)……Brazil

Subfamily Baridinae

Baris
Unidentified……Venezuela

Bromegeraeus
B. aechmeae  Bondar…….Brazil

Diastethus
D. atratus Casey…….Brazil
D. bicolor (Bondar)…….Brazil
D. bromeliae (Bondar)……Brazil
D. bromeliarum Champion.......Costa Rica
D. capichaba (Bondar)……Brazil
D. cyanipes Boheman……Brazil
D. ebeninus (Perty)……Brazil
D. elenae (Bondar)……Brazil
D. hyacinthus Casey…….Brazil
D. intermedius (Bondar)……Brazil
D. zikani (Bondar)……Brazil

Gravatageraeus
G. signatus Bondar……Brazil

Melampius
M. maurus (Boheman)……Brazil

 
Subfamily Molytinae

Cholus
C. spinipes (Fabricius) .......Grenada
C. vaurieae O'Brien .......Venezuela
Cholus sp.(unidentified, perhaps from Panama, of which one specimen was found in Florida)

Parisoschoenus
P. ananasi Moure…..Brazil
Photographs of adults are available for the species with links. At present we lack photographs of many of the weevil species.

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