Common in Australia These slow moving medium-size, soil inhabiting weevil or snout beetle are plant eaters common in the foliage of acacia trees that provides food and a location for females to lay eggs.

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Habitat Common in the foliage of acacia trees
Size A body length of around 20 mm
Origin Native
Distribution Can be found across Australia
Descriptions
Distribution
Can be found across Australia
Habitat
Common in the foliage of acacia trees
Size
A body length of around 20 mm
Common Name Broad-Back Weevil
Aliases wattle pigs,
Origin Native
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumHexapoda
ClassInsecta
SubclassPterygotes
OrderColeoptera
SuborderPolyphaga
SuperfamilyCurculionoidea
FamilyCurculionidae
SubfamilyEntiminae
TribeLeptopiini
GenusLeptopius
SpeciesLeptopius duponti
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