Indian Entiminae
(Broad nosed weevils)
| Common Name: | : | Greater grain weevil or maize weevil |
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| Species Name | : | Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (1855) |
| Taxonomic_position | : | Dryophthorinae: Rhynchophorini: Litosomina |
| Synonyms | : | Calandra chilensis Philippi and Philippi, 1864 |
| Diagnosis | : | The body color is pale reddish black having set of four pale reddish markings which were more prominent on elytra; The two gular sutures on the ventral aspect of the rostrum are joined. Legs have their fore tibia dentate, and the dentations were more prominent and sharp. Proepimera barely discernible. |
| Host | : | Maize, rice, wheat, oats, barley, sorghum, rye and buckwheat. |
| Distribution | : | Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh | References | : | Devi, S.R., Thomas, A., Rebijith, K.B. and Ramamurthy, V.V., 2017. Biology, morphology and molecular characterization of Sitophilus oryzae and S. zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Stored Products Research, 73, pp.135-141. |
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