Coccotrypes cyperi
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| Coccotrypes cyperi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Coccotrypes |
| Species: | C. cyperi |
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| Coccotrypes cyperi (Beeson 1929) Wood & Bright, 1992 | |
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Coccotrypes cyperi, commonly known as seed borer,[1] is a species of weevil with a cosmopolitan distribution.[2]
Native range of the species is South east Asia. It is found in Myanmar, India, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Sweden, Seychelles, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panamá, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, México, United States, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Micronesia, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Saint Vicente and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, US Virgin Islands, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.[3]
It is introduced to USA in the early 1900s particularly due to imported bird seeds and avocado seeds.[2]
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