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Cowpea weevil

Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius, 1775)

Status not recordedbeetles

The cowpea weevil (Callosobruchus maculatus) is a species in the family Chrysomelidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the cowpea 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 cowpea weevil live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Chinainvasive
  2. Austria
  3. Belgium
  4. Bulgaria
  5. Ecuador
  6. France
  7. Japan
  8. Mali
  9. Sweden
  10. United States
  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 cowpea 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 cowpea weevil classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyChrysomelidae
  6. genusCallosobruchus
  7. SpeciesCallosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius, 1775)

Synonyms Bruchus maculatus, Bruchus ornatus, Callosobruchus ornatus, Cassida maculata

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Cowpea seed beetleEnglish
  • Four-spotted bean weevilEnglish
  • zrnokaz skvrnitýCzech
  • ヨツモンマメゾウムシJapanese
  • Зерновка четырёхпятнистаяRussian
  • mungbönsbaggeSwedish
  • Börülce TohumböceğiTurkish
  • 四纹豆象Chinese
  • 四紋豆象Chinese
  • 四纹瘤背豆象甲Chinese
  • 四纹豆象甲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cowpea weevil

Other species in the same genus Callosobruchus.

Pulse beetle

Callosobruchus chinensis

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the cowpea weevil an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the cowpea weevil?

The cowpea weevil (Callosobruchus maculatus) 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). Cowpea weevil (Callosobruchus maculatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cowpea-weevil

MLA

“Cowpea weevil (Callosobruchus maculatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cowpea-weevil.

BibTeX
@misc{cowpea_weevil_2026,
  title = {Cowpea weevil (Callosobruchus maculatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cowpea-weevil},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}