1. PaDIL Species Factsheet

Scientific Name: linearis (Herbst, 1795) (Coleoptera: : : Litosomini)

Common Name Tamarind Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140329

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2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2011) Tamarind Weevil(Sitophilus linearis)Updated on 5/2/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0)

2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140329

2.3. Facets Groups: Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: Fabaceous produce Status: NZ - Exotic Pest Status: 0 Unknown Distribution: 0 Unknown Host Family: 0 Unknown

2.4. Other Names Calandra tamarindi Christy, 1834 Cordyle striatus Thunberg, 1815 Curculionid Curculios Rhynchophorus linearis Herbst, 1795 Snout Beetles Tamarind Pod-Borer Tamarind Seed Borer

2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult**

Rostrum with subbasal expansion gentle, not subbulbose. Dorsal part of caudal section of scrobe contiguous to eye. Punctures along dorsal margin of eye bearing inconspicuous, microscopic setae that hardly project above margins of punctures. Scutellum with anterior corners sloping steeply downward and cephalad, only slightly elevated and obviously not subtuberculiform.

**References**

- Zimmerman, E.C. (1993). _Australian Weevils_. Volume III. Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, literature consulted. CSIRO, Melbourne, 854 pp.

2.6. References - Zimmerman, E.C. (1993). _Australian Weevils_. Volume III. Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, literature consulted. CSIRO, Melbourne, 854 pp. 3. Diagnostic Images

COL149 COL149 Dorsal - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Head Oblique - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF

COL149 COL149 Lateral - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Posterior Oblique - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF

COL149 COL149 Pronotum - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Ventral - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF

Results Generated: Tuesday, September 28, 2021