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weevil

Description:

light lime green/greyish weevil

Habitat:

monsoon forest

Notes:

Spotted in Alas Purwo national park.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Bill mark
Bill mark 9 years ago
Green Nettle Weevil
Phyllobius or Polydrusus Green Nettle Weevil


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2 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 9 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion Bill, but I'm not sure if these genera occur in Indonesia.

Bill mark
Bill mark 9 years ago

http://www.naturespot.org.uk/content/id-...
Is UK site but it has some great info on Phyllobius and Polydrusus weevil
antennae emerge from top of the rostrum for Phyllobius and the sides for Polydrusus,it also distinguishes species of Phyllobius that do not have a front Femoral tooth.Hope it helps nice photo Similar weevil we have here is
https://www.flickr.com/photos/48991563@N...

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Indonesia

Spotted on Dec 27, 2013
Submitted on Oct 26, 2014

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