-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-​Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

-Snout and Bark Beetles (Superfamily Curculionoidea)

-​True Weevils (Family Curculionidae)

-Flower Weevils (Subfamily Baridinae)

-Tribe Baridini

-Subfamily Molytinae

Molytinae weevils are a huge, diverse subfamily of snout beetles. Adults possess a distinctive snout (rostrum) for feeding and egg-laying, varying from short to long. Larvae bore into stems, fruits, or roots, while adults feed on various plant parts; some target specific hosts like palms or economically important crops.