A List of Weevils Known to Eat Bromeliads

Cholus
C. spinipes (Fabricius) .......Grenada
C. vaurieae O'Brien .......Venezuela
Cholus sp. (unidentified, perhaps from Panama, of which one specimen was found in Florida)

Diastethus
D. bromeliarum Champion.......Costa Rica

Cactophagus
C. lojanus (Heller).......Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
C. miniatopunctatus Chevrolat.......Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
C. sanguinolentus (Olivier).......Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
C. transatlanticus (Kirsch).......Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru
C. validirostris (Gyllenhal).......Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador

Metamasius
M. anceps (Gyllenhal).......Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
M. alveolus Vaurie.......Costa Rica
M. bromeliadicola Champion.......Costa Rica
M. callizona (Chevrolat).......Mexico, Guatemala, Panama?, USA (Florida)
M. ciliatus (Champion).......Mexico
M. cincinnatus Champion.......Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador
M. dimidiatipennis (Jekel).......Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Indonesia (Java)
M. fasciatus (Olivier).......Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador
M. flavopictus (Champion).......Mexico, Belize
M. hebetatus (Gyllenhal).......Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
M. hemipterus (Linnaeus).......Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, US Virgin Islands, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, South America, Florida (USA)
M. mosieri Barber.......Cuba, Dominican Republic, USA (Florida)
M. nudiventris Champion.......Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize
M. quadrilineatus Champion .......Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras
M. quadrisignatus (Gyllenhal).......Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Panama
M. ritchiei Marshall.......Cuba, Jamaica
M. rugipectus (Champion).......Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama
M. sellatus Champion.......Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama

Photographs of adults are available for the species with links. At present we lack photographs of some of the weevil species.