Cosmopolites

This article is about the weevil genus. For other uses, see Cosmopolite (disambiguation) and Cosmopolitan (disambiguation).

Cosmopolites is a genus of true weevil in the Dryophthorinae subfamily^[1] and tribe Sphenophorini. The type species and most economically important is the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus.^[2][3]

Cosmopolites
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Tribe:	Sphenophorini
Genus:	Cosmopolites Chevrolat, 1885
Species
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Species

The genus contains at least five described species, including the following:

• Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar, 1824) Marshall, G.A.K., 1930, banana weevil, banana stemborer^[4]
• Cosmopolites cribricollis Csiki, E., 1936
• Cosmopolites mendicus Csiki, E., 1936
• Cosmopolites pruinosus Heller, K.M., 1934
• Cosmopolites striatus Fairmaire, L., 1902