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Scyphophorus acupunctatus, the sisal weevil or agave weevil, is a species of polyphaga beetle of the family of the Curculionidae.[1] Sisal weevil larvae, known as picudo del agave or "nixtamal worms", are a traditional food in parts of Mexico.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Scyphophorus |
Species: | S. acupunctatus
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Binomial name | |
Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhaal, 1838
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Sisal_Weevil%2C_struggling_to_get_up.jpg/220px-Sisal_Weevil%2C_struggling_to_get_up.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Sisal_weevil.jpg/220px-Sisal_weevil.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Sisal_Weevil%2C_found_in_the_White_Sands_Monument_in_New_Mexico.jpg/220px-Sisal_Weevil%2C_found_in_the_White_Sands_Monument_in_New_Mexico.jpg)
References
edit- ^ "Scyphophorus acupunctatus (agave weevil)". cabi.org. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "No One Wants to Dig for Worms Anymore". Eater.com. August 2023.