Cosmopolites sordidus

Japanese: Cosmopolites sordidus(英語表記)Cosmopolitessordidus
Cosmopolites sordidus

...The two broad segments (culm part) at the tip of the antennae are solid, and only the base of this part (the first segment) is shiny and free of dense fine hairs. The back of the body is flattened, and the proboscis does not bend strongly, which distinguish it from other weevils. The banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus is about 11 mm long. It is widely distributed from Amami Oshima and Okinawa to tropical regions, and its larvae are known as pests that burrow into the stems of bananas and other banana plants. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…触角の先端の幅広い2環節(球稈(きゆうかん)部)は堅固で,この部分の基部(第1節)だけに密な細毛がなく光沢があること,体の背面が平圧され,口吻(こうふん)は強くは曲がらないことなどの特徴で,他のゾウムシ類から分けられている。バショウオサゾウムシCosmopolites sordidusは体長約11mm。奄美大島,沖縄から熱帯地方にかけて広く分布し,幼虫はバナナなどバショウ類の茎に潜り込む害虫として知られる。…

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