What is Maize weevil?
{{Speciesbox | image = Maize_weevil.jpg | genus = Sitophilus | species = zeamais | display_parents = 3 | authority = ([[Motschulsky]]), 1855 | synonyms = *''Calandra chilensis'' <small>Philippi and Philippi, 1864</small> *''Calandra platensis'' <small>Zacher, 1922</small> *''Cossonus quadrimaculata'' <small>Walker, 1859</small> }} The '''maize weevil''' ('''''Sitophilus zeamais''''') is a species of [[beetle]] in the family [[Curculionidae]]. In the [[United States]], it is called the '''greater rice weevil'''.<ref name=agric>{{cite web |url=http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/pestweb/Query1_1.idc?ID=-1055010548 |title=PestWeb &#124; Greater Rice Weevil |publisher=Agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au |date= |accessdate=2010-07-29 |archive-date=2011-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928035624/http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/pestweb/Query1_1.idc?ID=-1055010548 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=ozanimals>{{cite web|url=http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Greater-Rice-Weevil/Sitophilus/zeamais.html |title=Greater Rice Weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) |publisher=Ozanimals.com |accessdate=2010-07-29}}</ref> It lives in many tropical areas around the world, and in the United States. It is a major [[Pest (organism)|pest]] of [[maize]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Greater-Rice-Weevil/Sitophilus/zeamais.html |title=Greater Rice Weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) |publisher=Ozanimals.com |date= |accessdate=2010-08-01}}</ref> This species attacks both crops that are still growing and those that have been harvested. It attacks [[wheat]], [[rice]], [[sorghum]],<ref>http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/pestweb/Query1_1.idc?ID=-1055010548 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928035624/http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/pestweb/Query1_1.idc?ID=-1055010548 |date=2011-09-28 }}></ref><ref name=bru>[http://bru.gmprc.ksu.edu/proj/iwcspp/pdf/9/6192.pdf Control of Sitophilus zeamais Mots., 1958 and Sitophilus oryzae (L., 1763) weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in stored rice grain (Oryza sativa