Leaf Rolling Weevil

Description:

This little red and yellow weevil was only 5 mm long, very shiny, with a kind of hippopotamus shaped head and odd bulges an the upper elytra. The antennae are not elbowed, but they do have a club. It is a leaf rolling weevil of the Family Attelabidae.

Habitat:

Tropical forest, dry season, Chorreadero Park, 10 km above Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico.

Notes:

Where this weevil was collected, I have found rolled leaf packets made by a Leaf Rolling Weevil. I saved some for several months without any adult emergence. However, it is very probable that this is the weevil that makes the rolls in these spottings. See: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/125... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/171...