''Scyphophorus yuccae'', also known as the yucca weevil, is a species of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
in the family
Dryophthoridae. It is found in North America.
[ Its host plant is the chaparral yucca, '' Hesperoyucca whipplei''. ]
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Dryophthorinae
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Beetles described in 1873
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