Coccotrypes advena is a species in the family Curculionidae ("snout and bark beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[1][2] A common name for Coccotrypes advena is "seed borer".[3]Coccotrypes advena probably originates from Southeast Asia, but is now found in North America.[4]
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Further reading
Arnett, Ross H.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard, eds. (19 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press. ISBN978-0-8493-0954-0.
Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN978-0-8493-0212-1.
White, Richard E. (1983). A field guide to the beetles of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN0-395-33953-7.
Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia, eds. (1996). Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol 1. Rockville, MD: Entomological Information Services. pp. 41–820. ISBN1-889002-01-1.