Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal, 1838 is a animal in the Dryophthoridae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal, 1838
Scyphophorus acupunctatus (sisal/agave weevil) is a curculionid beetle, whose larvae are traditional food in parts of Mexico.
Scyphophorus acupunctatus, commonly called the sisal weevil or agave weevil, is a species of polyphaga beetle that belongs to the Curculionidae family. The larvae of this weevil are known as picudo del agave or "nixtamal worms", and they are used as a traditional food in some regions of Mexico.
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Rhinostomus barbirostris (J.C.Fabricius, 1775)
Sphenophorus coesifrons Gyllenhal, 1838
Metamasius callizona G.C.Champion, 1910
Cosmopolites sordidus (E.F.Germar, 1823)
Sphenophorus cicatristriatus Fåhraeus, 1838
Sphenophorus interstitialis (Say, 1831)
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