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[R] Family of phytophagous Coleoptera called weevils; imago often blackish, with a pronounced rostrum bearing the antennae and the mouthparts. The rostrum serves as a boring instrument, drilling holes in which eggs are laid. The larvae are short, fleshy, apodous and live as endophytes or within the soil. This family includes a large number of pests such as the chestnut weevil (Curculio elephas) and the nut weevil (C. nucum) on fruit trees; the turnip and cabbage gall weevil (Ceuthorhynchus pleurostigma), the cabbage seed weevil (C. assimilis) and the rape stem weevil (C. napi) on the Cruciferae; the (Conorrhynchus mendicus) on beet and the lucerne weevil (Hypera postica) on the Leguminosae.

[R] Images

* Curculionidae: head and rostrum (INRA)
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a: rostrum; b: antenna; c: compound eye.
2: tip of the rostrum (ventral view).
a: mandible; b: maxillary palpus; c: labium and labial palpi.
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* Development of hemimetabolous insects (INRA)
Exemple of a weewil (Curculionidae).
From left to right: new-borne larva, fully grown larva, pupa, adult.
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