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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Eustylini » Compsus » Golden-headed Weevil (Compsus auricephalus)

Species Compsus auricephalus - Golden-headed Weevil

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited

Compsus auricephalus (Say) - Compsus auricephalus

pink and turquoise beetle - Compsus auricephalus

Golden-headed weevil? - Compsus auricephalus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Curculionoidea

Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Subfamily Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)

Tribe Eustylini

Genus Compsus

Species auricephalus (Golden-headed Weevil)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Compsus auricephalus (Say)

Orig. Comb: Curculio auricephalus Say 1824

Explanation of Names

auricephalus (L). 'golden-headed' (1)

Numbers

1 sp. n. of Mex. (2)

Size

12-13 mm

Identification

habitus distinctive among N. Amer. weevils

two recognized morphotypes: the typical green form, with pink to cupreous head and part of the legs and the uniformly white to pale brown form. (3)

Range

mostly sc US (TX-MS, OK-AR) / e. Mex. to Panama - Map (2),(4),(5)

Food

adults feed on foliage of woody plants, pest of citrus (6)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies... O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.

3.	Variability and distribution of the golden-headed weevil Compsus auricephalus (Say) (Curculionidae: Entiminae: Eustylini) Jennifer C. Girón, M. Lourdes Chamorro. 2020. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e55474.

4.	Checklist of the Coleoptera of Oklahoma

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

6.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by Cotinis on 28 July, 2008 - 10:36pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Graham M, v belov
Last updated 28 December, 2021 - 3:35pm

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