CRYPTORHYNCHINAE, Schoenherr, 1825

Peck, Stewart B., 2011, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the northern Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, and St. Martin-St. Maarten, Insecta Mundi 2011 (159), pp. 1-54 : 42-43

SUBFAMILY CRYPTORHYNCHINAE

TRIBE CRYPTORHYNCHINI

SUBTRIBE TYLODINA

Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) 1849: 513 ( Cryptorhynchus ); Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 31. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Virgin Islands. USA (CA; HI); South America ; widespread New World; Tahiti; Old World. Notes: This is the West Indian sweet potato weevil. For information on its biology

see http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/sweetpotato/key/Sweetpotato%20Diagnotes/media/html/ TheProblems/Pest-Root&StemInsects/WestIndianSPWeevil/WestIndianWeevil.htm.