-Is in the order Coleoptera.
-It is a primary pest of storage.
-Can infest cereals in the field just before storage.
-Life cycles takes 30 days.
-Adult lays eggs in the depression made on the grain and seals with glue.
-The larvae feeds inside the grain and emerges as adult.
-The emerging weevil leaves a rugged hole in the grain.
-Both larvae and adults and destructive.
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