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Weevil (Gorgulho)

Naupactus rivulosus

Description:

Curculionidae; Entiminae; Gorgulho-das-raízes-dos-citros.

Habitat:

known to eat citrus roots.

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2 Comments

andrecoppe
andrecoppe 9 years ago

Australian weevil (White-fringed weevil) is less colorful, but interestingly maintain the pattern of stripes!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Nice color weevil. Ours are very plain.

andrecoppe
Spotted by
andrecoppe

Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil

Spotted on Nov 17, 2012
Submitted on Nov 10, 2014

Spotted for Mission

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