Weevil Pests of Bromeliads
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Cholus vaurieae adult from Lara, Venezuela	Cholus sp.adult (see text about Cholus)	Cactophagus lojanus adult from La Libertad, Peru

Cactophagus miniatopunctatus adult from Atlantida, Honduras	Cactophagus sanguinolentus adult from Tabasco, Mexico	Cactophagus transatlanticus adult from Peru

Cactophagus validirostris adult, from Veracruz, Mexico	Metamasius callizona egg in slit in bromeliad leaf, from Florida	Metamasius callizona larva, from Florida

Metamasius callizona pupa, in opened and unopened cocoon, from Florida	Metamasius callizona intact cocoon in damaged Tillandsia utriculata	Metamasius callizona adult, from Florida

Metamasius callizona adult, from Belize	Metamasius callizona adult, from Belize

Metamasius callizona native range in Mexico and Central America

Metamasius callizona distribution as of December 2009

Metamasius anceps adult, Peru	Metamasius cincinnatus adult, from Chiriquí, Panama	Metamasius dimidiatipennis reddish adult,from Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Metamasius dimidiatipennis blackish adult, from Honduras, adults from Venezuela may have almost no red coloration	Metamasius dimidiatipennis adult, from Suchitepéquez, Guatémala	Metamasius flavopictus adult, from Veracruz, Mexico

Metamasius hebetatus adult, from Cartago, Costa Rica	Metamasius hemipterus adult, from Veracruz, Mexico	Metamasius mosieri adult, from Florida

Metamasius nudiventris adult, from Panama	Metamasius quadrilineatus adult, from Francisco Morazan, Honduras	Metamasius quadrisignatus adult, from Dominica

Metamasius rugipectus adult, from Francisco Morazan, Honduras	Metamasius rugipectus adult, from Suchitepéquez, Guatémala	Metamasius sellatus adult, from Veracruz, Mexico