Metamasius callizona
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Metamasius callizona (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Source: IPM Images
Author(s): Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Source: IPM Images
Metamasius callizona (Chevrolat) - (Mexican bromeliad weevil)
This weevil is native to southern Mexico and Gutemala, where it is known as an occasional pest of pineapple. In 1989, it was first reported from Florida and it breeds there in various species of Bromeliaceae, a family which includes pineapple. Native plants under threat by the weevil are mainly species of Tillandsia and Catopsis, several of them are endangered.
- Other images of Metamasius callizona (IPM Images and PaDIL - click to enlarge)
antenna
head and thorax
pronotum
elytra
posterior end
