Platypodinae is a weevil subfamily in the family Curculionidae.
They are important early decomposers of dead woody plant material in wet tropics; all but two species are ambrosia beetles that cultivate fungi in tunnels excavated in dead wood as the sole food for their larvae.
They are sometimes known as pinhole borers.
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