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Acanthoscelides modestus

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Acanthoscelides modestus is a species in the family Chrysomelidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about Acanthoscelides modestus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Acanthoscelides modestus live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Acanthoscelides modestus as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Acanthoscelides modestus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Acanthoscelides modestus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyChrysomelidae
  6. genusAcanthoscelides
  7. SpeciesAcanthoscelides modestus (Sharp, 1885)

Synonyms Bruchus modestus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Acanthoscelides modestus

Other species in the same genus Acanthoscelides.

Pea weevil

Acanthoscelides obtectus

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Common questions

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Is Acanthoscelides modestus an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Acanthoscelides modestus as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Acanthoscelides modestus?

Acanthoscelides modestus (Acanthoscelides modestus) belongs to the family Chrysomelidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Acanthoscelides modestus (Acanthoscelides modestus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/acanthoscelides-modestus

MLA

“Acanthoscelides modestus (Acanthoscelides modestus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/acanthoscelides-modestus.

BibTeX
@misc{acanthoscelides_modestus_2026,
  title = {Acanthoscelides modestus (Acanthoscelides modestus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/acanthoscelides-modestus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}