Bromeliad Eating Weevils

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Insects

Weevils are one of many common insects found on bromeliad plants and flowers. Weevils are a member of the beetle family and are characterized by having the head prolonged forward as a rostrum (beak), especially during the adult stages of their life cycle. Weevils, just like other beetles, have four developmental stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Larvae and adults feed on plants and on materials of plant origin. Eggs and pupae, of course, do not feed.

Weevils Known to Eat Bromeliad Plant

• Cholus

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

• Diastethus

D. bromeliarum Champion…….Costa Rica

• 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, Panama, 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

Pictures of adult weevil insects are available for the listings with links. We do not have photos of some weevil insects listed.

Dr. J. Howard Frank of the University of Florida.

Bromeliad Eating Weevils