Bean weevil

Insect — Coleoptera ?

Identification key : Legless larva with a head (weevils, seed beetles, bark beetles, wasps) (Larva) Beetles (others) (Adult (and nymphs resembling the adult))

Scientific name : Acanthoscelides obtectus

Other names : Dried bean beetle

Small greyish-brown beetle 3 to 4 mm long, native to the Americas and now cosmopolitan. The female lays eggs on ripe pods in the field or directly on stored seeds, and the larvae develop inside the seed, from which adults emerge through a round hole. It can complete several successive generations in storage and ruin whole lots of beans and other pulses.

Crops affected : Bean, Chickpea, Fava bean, Lentil, Pea

Source : Acanthoscelides obtectus (ACANOB)[Overview] — EPPO Global Database — EPPO Global Database

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