Hi Jon,
The festive weevil in the picture is a silky cane weevil, Metamasius hemipterus sericeus (Olivier).
I never heard of it before, but the trick is starting with the plant being attacked and location, so the search terms "heliconia, Panama, weevil" turned up the answer.
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/silky_cane_weevil01a.htm
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