rhynchites

[Gr. rhyngchos =a snout; suff. -ites.] Entom.: A genus of Curculionidae. They have brilliant metallic colors. Habitat is widespread, The female deposits her eggs in young apples and pears, damaging the peduncle as well as the fruit, so that the latter falls. Rhynchites bacchus , a richly golden purple species, sometimes greatly injures the pear crop in France, and damages the buds and leaves of the vine. rhyn-chō-, rhynch-, pref. [Greek rhynchos=a snout.] Having a snout, or any proce resembling a snout.