Bothynoderes (genus)

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Bothynoderes affinis (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Udo Schmidt
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Bothynoderes Schoenherr, 1823

This genus of weevils includes around 30-40 species which are mainly found in temperate parts of Europe and Asia. Some are regarded as agricultural pests like the sugar beet weevil, Bothynoderes punctiventris, which attacks sugar beet seedlings as adults and beet roots as larvae.

Type species: Bothynoderes affinis (assigned as Curculio albidus)

Currently, the following species have been entered into the system:

• Bothynoderes punctiventris