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Lesser coconut weevil

Diocalandra frumenti (Fabricius, J.C., 1802)

Status not recordedbeetles

The lesser coconut weevil (Diocalandra frumenti) is a species in the family Dryophthoridae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the lesser coconut 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 lesser coconut weevil live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lesser coconut weevil as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. China
  2. Japan
  3. Spain

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 lesser coconut 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 lesser coconut weevil classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyDryophthoridae
  6. genusDiocalandra
  7. SpeciesDiocalandra frumenti (Fabricius, J.C., 1802)

Synonyms Calandra frumenti, Sphaenophorus crucigera

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • ヨツボシヤシコクゾウムシJapanese
  • 椰子四紋小象鼻蟲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lesser coconut weevil

Other species in the same genus Diocalandra.

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Common questions

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Is the lesser coconut weevil an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lesser coconut weevil as introduced in 3 countries: China, Japan and Spain, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the lesser coconut weevil?

The lesser coconut weevil (Diocalandra frumenti) belongs to the family Dryophthoridae 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). Lesser coconut weevil (Diocalandra frumenti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-coconut-weevil

MLA

“Lesser coconut weevil (Diocalandra frumenti).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-coconut-weevil.

BibTeX
@misc{lesser_coconut_weevil_2026,
  title = {Lesser coconut weevil (Diocalandra frumenti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-coconut-weevil},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}