H. pulviger has a head with a wide, long snout and a chewing mouth. A pair of big, black eyes. A pair of blunt antennas. Cylindrical legs.
The larvae are legless maggots and pupate in the soil, feeding on the roots of living plants. Adult beetles are long-lived, eating leaves.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Entiminae
Tribe: Tanymecini
Genus: Hypomeces
Species: Hypomeces pulviger
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