Crop and stored-product pests that are beetles of the order Coleoptera, including weevils and scarab beetles, whose adults or larvae feed on roots, fruit, seeds and grain. A pest belongs here when its cited article calls it a beetle, weevil or scarab or places it in a beetle family. Beetle pests range from field pests of cotton, potato and maize to stored-grain pests, and some spread across continents as invasive species after arriving in trade. Managing them can mean crop rotation, trapping, resistant varieties, quarantine measures and careful grain storage. This heading gathers them so a visitor can compare how different beetles damage different crops.
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Colorado Potato Beetle (Wikipedia)
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The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata; also known as the Colorado beetle, the ten-striped spearman, the ten-lined potato beetle, and the potato bug) is a beetle known for being a major pest of potato crops.
Boll Weevil (Wikipedia)
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The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae.
Khapra Beetle (Wikipedia)
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The khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium), also called cabinet beetle, is a species of beetle that originated in South Asia.
Japanese Beetle (Wikipedia)
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The Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) is a species of scarab beetle.
Otiorhynchus cribricollis (Wikipedia)
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Otiorhynchus cribricollis, also known as the cribrate weevil, is one of the many species in the weevil family (Curculionidae).
Coffee Berry Borer (Wikipedia)
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Hypothenemus hampei, the coffee berry borer, is a small beetle native to Africa.
Red Palm Weevil (Wikipedia)
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The palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus is one of two species of snout beetle known as the red palm weevil, Asian palm weevil or sago palm weevil.
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