#weevil any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout weevils and seed weevils
supertype: #beetle insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
subtype: #snout_beetle__snoutbeetle small weevil having a prolonged snout; destructive to e.g. grains and nuts
subtype: #boll_weevil__Anthonomus_grandis grayish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton
subtype: #darkling_beetle__darkling_groung_beetle__tenebrionid sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain
subtype: #flour_beetle__flourbeetle__flour_weevil__flourweevil infests flour and stored grains
subtype: #seed_beetle__seed_weevil infests the seeds of legumes
subtype: #pea_weevil__peaweevil__Bruchus_pisorum larvae live in and feed on seeds of the pea plant
subtype: #bean_weevil__Acanthoscelides_obtectus larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans
subtype: #rice_weevil__black_weevil__blackweevil__Sitophylus_oryzae brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice
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