Sitophilus oryzae (Linnaeus, 1763) (rice weevil)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp.

TMAG collections

Not native

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Curculionoidea

Family: Curculionidae

Subfamily: Dryophthorinae

Tribe: Rhynchophorini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 2.7
Flightedness: (not yet documented)

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: granivorous
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic