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Anthonomus eugenii

Pepper weevil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Curculioninae
Tribe: Anthonomini
Genus: Anthonomus
Species: A. eugenii
Binomial name
Anthonomus eugenii
Cano

The pepper weevil (Anthonomus eugenii) feeds and lays eggs on the genus Capsicum and a few species of Solanum (Solanaceae). It is an important pest of Capsicum in Florida, Puerto Rico, and Central America.

Catolaccus hunteri Crawford is a parasitoid that preys on A. eugenii in Florida.


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