plum gouger

English

Etymology

So-called as it makes round holes in the pulp of a plum in which it lays its eggs. The larvae bore into the stone and eat the kernel.

Noun

plum gouger (plural plum gougers)

1. A weevil or curculio (Coccotorus scutellaris or Coccotorus pruniphilus)

References

• plum gouger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Coccotorus scutellaris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Coccotorus scutellaris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “plum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.