Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mimosestes amicus (Horn)
Orig. Comb: Bruchus amicus Horn 1873
Identification
easily separated from other congeners and nearly all other US bruchids by having the posterior margin of the eye merging smoothly with the side of head
(1)Range
sw. US (CA-TX-KS-NV), FL / to Costa Rica -
Map; one of the most abundant and widespread bruchids in the southwest
(1)(2)Food
probably breeds most successfully in
Parkinsonia seeds but is abundant in
Prosopis seeds as well; rearing records:
Leucaena leucocephala; Parkinsonia aculeata, P. florida, P. microphylla, P. texana macra, P. texana texana; Prosopis glandulosa glandulosa, P. glandulosa torreyana, P. velutina, P. pallida, P. pubescens; Sesbania sesban (Hawaii), S. aegyptiaca.(1)Life Cycle
oviposits on green pods only (its exit holes are used by other bruchine spp. for oviposition)
(1)Print References
Kingsolver J.M., Johnson C.D. (1978) Systematics of the genus Mimosestes (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). USDA Tech. Bull. 1590. 106 pp.