Indian Entiminae

(Broad nosed weevils)

Grey weevil or Sri Lanka weevil

Myllocerus undecipustulatus Faust (1891)

Entiminae: Cyphicerini: Myllocerina

Myllocerus 11-pustulatus Faust, 1891: 266; Marshall, 1916: 350.
Myllocerus mamoratus Faust, 1897: 360; Marshall, 1916: 350.

Colour black, with pale grey scaling; five rounded block spots on each elytron, these spots variable in number and size; rostrum parallel-sided or eve dilated a liitle at the apex; antennae are more slender with second funicle segment longer than the first; the elytra proportionately more elongate.

Rice, maize, pigeonpea, cotton, jute, sunflower, mango, pomegranate, ber, strawberry, apple, lucerne, Dalbergia sisoo

Throughout India

• Marshall, G.A.K. 1916. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora: Curculionidae. In: Shiply, A.E. (Ed.), The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London, 367 pp.
• Ramamurthy, V.V. and S. Ghai. 1988. A study on the genus Myllocerus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Oriental Insects, 22: 377-500.