Myllocerus viridanus, often known as sweet potato beetle, [1] pod borer[2] or ash weevil, [3] is a species of weevil native to India and Sri Lanka. [4][5] This species has a body length is about 3 to 4.5 mm. Body black, with dense uniform light green scales. Sometimes color varying to pale greenish white with chalky-white efflorescence.

Myllocerus maculosus: Adult weevil with greenish white elytra having dark lines. Myllocerus discolor: Adult weevil is brown in color with white spot on the elytra. Grub is small, white apodous and found feeding on roots. Weevil appears during …

This is a list of 331 species in Myllocerus, a genus of oriental broad-nosed weevils in the family Curculionidae. [1][2][3][4] sri lanka weevil Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4] ^ a b "Myllocerus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-05. ^ a b "Browse Myllocerus".

Myllocerus is a genus of oriental broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are at least 330 described species in Myllocerus. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

There is a rarely collected metallic green form which according to Blatchley and Leng (1916) is associated with live oak. It has much smaller eyes and the humeri are weakly developed, very weakly angled and scarcely wider than the prothorax. In addition, the species has no denticles on any femora (Fig. 14).

Myllocerus dorsatus (no specific common name), subfamily Entiminae, family Curculionidae. □ Myllocerus dorsatus has a pair of bold white stripes down its head and thorax. Photographed by: Amit Sheth. Identified to subfamily by: KnowYourInsects.org. Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India. Date: 27 November, 2020.

Often there is a metallic silver to rosaceous purple sheen to the scales. There is a rarely collected metallic green form which according to Blatchley and Leng (1916) is associated with. Figs....

Myllocerus discolor is ferruginous brown, with patches of fawn-colored scaling and mottled black, dense covering of grayish to green, somewhat shining scales with black cuticular marks [1]. Most of these weevils were metallic green in color. It had much smaller eyes [7]. Elytra with punctuations arranged in parallel lines

Cotton grey weevil, Myllocerus spp. is the most important pest of cotton crop which belonging to Curculionidae family under the order Coleoptera. It is the most destructive pest of various fruit and ornamental plants (Hill 1987; & Mannion et al., 2006). It …

Myllocerus dalbergiae Rammamurthy Adult measure 5.5 to 5.8 mm in length and 2.15 to 2.15 mm in breadth. Colour varies from light green to dark green. Head with eyes lateral.