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Superfamily of beetles, Curculionoidea, in
the order Coleoptera, which are usually less
than 6 mm/0.25 in long. The head has a
prolonged rostrum, which is used for boring
into plant stems and trees for feeding, and
in the female's case for depositing eggs. The
larvae are white; the adult beetles of
Phyllobius and Polydrusus, the common British
genera, are bright green. They feed on
vegetable matter. The grain weevil Sitophilus
granarius is a serious pest and the
cotton-boll weevil Anthonomus grandis damages
cotton crops.