Rhabdocnemis obscura (Boisduval)

Zimmerman, Elwood C., 1942, Curculionidae of Guam, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 73-146 : 144

45. Rhabdocnemis obscura (Boisduval) (pl. 7, A; misspelled obscurus on plate).

Calandra obscura Boisduval, Voy. Astrolabe, Ent. 2: 448, 1835.

Sphenophorus insularis Boheman, Eugenies Resa, Ins., 148, 1859.

Sphenophorns nudicollis Kirsh, Mus. Dresden, Mitt. 2: 156, 1877.

Sphenophorus promissus Pascoe, Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova, Ann. II, 2: 300, 1885.

Sphenophorus tincturatus Pascoe, Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova, Ann. II, 2: 301, 1885.

Sphenophorus beccarii Pascoe, Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova, Ann. II, 2: 301, 1885.

Sphenophorus interruptocostatus Schaufuss, Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 19: 204, 1885.

This is the common sugar-cane pest so widespread in the Pacific. Mr. Swezey took the following specimens: six, Piti , from sugar cane, Oct. 16, 1936; four, Agana , from royal palm, Oct. 3 ; and seven, Talofofo , from betel nut palm, June 17.