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Agave weevil

Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal, 1838

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The agave weevil (Scyphophorus acupunctatus) is a species in the family Dryophthoridae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the agave weevil

Weight
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Length
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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 the agave weevil live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the agave weevil as introduced in 11 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. British Virgin Islandsinvasive
  2. Costa Rica
  3. Cuba
  4. Cyprus
  5. Dominican Republic
  6. France
  7. Haiti
  8. Jamaica
  9. Nicaragua
  10. Saudi Arabia
  11. Venezuela

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 the agave weevil 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 the agave weevil classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyDryophthoridae
  6. genusScyphophorus
  7. SpeciesScyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal, 1838
Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Sisal death weevilEnglish
  • Sisal weevilEnglish
  • GaringboomsnuitkewerAfrikaans
  • Σκαθάρι της ΑγαύηςGreek
  • BotijaSpanish
  • Ver du MagueyFrench
  • Sisal snuitkeverDutch
  • ChatitaSpanish
  • Picudo del AgaveSpanish
  • Picudo del MagueySpanish
  • Charançon de l'AgaveFrench
  • Charançon des agavesFrench
  • Sisal-snuitkeverDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the agave weevil

Other species in the same genus Scyphophorus.

Yucca weevil

Scyphophorus yuccae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the agave weevil an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the agave weevil as invasive in 1 country: British Virgin Islands. It lists it as introduced in 11 in all.

What kind of animal is the agave weevil?

The agave weevil (Scyphophorus acupunctatus) belongs to the family Dryophthoridae in the order Coleoptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Agave weevil (Scyphophorus acupunctatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/agave-weevil

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BibTeX
@misc{agave_weevil_2026,
  title = {Agave weevil (Scyphophorus acupunctatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agave-weevil},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}