Lagenoderus
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| Superfamily: | Curculionoidea
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| Genus: | Lagenoderus White, 1841
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Lagenoderus is a genus of leaf-rolling weevil that is noted for being strongly sexually dimorphic. Species of this genus are all known from Madagascar. Females of Lagenoderus had been assigned to a different genus, Jekel, owing to confusion due to the species' sexually dimorphic nature.
References[]
- Andrei A. Legalov (2007). "Studies upon the genus Lagenoderus White (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Madagascar" (PDF). . 7 (2): 191–198.
Categories:
- Attelabidae
- Weevil stubs