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Sitophilus.oryzae.7438🪲

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SpeciesColeopteraDryophthoridae
Arthropods

🪲Rice weevil

Sitophilus oryzae A.Hustache, 1930

The rice weevil is a stored product pest which attacks seeds of several crops, including wheat, rice, and maize.

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Sitophilus oryzae, lesser grain weevil, lesser rice weevil
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderColeoptera
  5. ›familyDryophthoridae
  6. ›genusSitophilus
  7. ›speciesSitophilus oryzae
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderBeetles · Coleoptera
  3. subfamilyDryophthorinae
  4. genusSitophilus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderBeetles · Coleoptera
  7. suborderPolyphaga
  8. subfamilyDryophthorinae
  9. genusSitophilus
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riisikärsäkäs (fi), rissnutebille (nb), Rijstklander (nl), 米象 (zh), Mọt gạo (vi), Charançon du riz (fr) … and 15 more languages
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