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Boll weevil

Anthonomus grandis Boheman, 1843

Status not recordedbeetles

The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the boll weevil

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 the boll weevil live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the boll weevil as introduced in 7 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Argentinainvasive
  2. Venezuelainvasive
  3. Brazil
  4. Colombia
  5. Dominican Republic
  6. Paraguay
  7. 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 the boll 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 boll weevil classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCurculionidae
  6. genusAnthonomus
  7. SpeciesAnthonomus grandis Boheman, 1843
Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Cotton Boll weevilEnglish
  • Picudo del algodónSpanish
  • kwieciak bawełnianyPolish
  • Gorgojo del algodónSpanish
  • Picudo mexicano del algodoneroSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the boll weevil

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the boll weevil an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the boll weevil as invasive in 2 countries: Argentina and Venezuela. It lists it as introduced in 7 in all.

What kind of animal is the boll weevil?

The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) belongs to the family Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/boll-weevil

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“Boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/boll-weevil.

BibTeX
@misc{boll_weevil_2026,
  title = {Boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/boll-weevil},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}