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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) » Naupactini » White-fringed Weevils (Naupactus)

Genus Naupactus - White-fringed Weevils

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
What kind of beetle? - Naupactus peregrinus Naupactus leucoloma Curculionidae - ? - Naupactus leucoloma uhhhhhhhhh - Naupactus leucoloma brown weevil? - Naupactus Naupactus cervinus? - Naupactus cervinus Broad-nosed Weevil - Naupactus cervinus Weevil - Naupactus peregrinus
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 Naupactini
Genus Naupactus (White-fringed Weevils)
Other Common Names
White-fringed Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pantomorus Schönherr 1840, Graphognathus Buchanan 1939
Explanation of Names
Naupactus Dejean 1821
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, all adventive, ~200 total(1)
Size
6-12 mm
Identification
see (1)(2)
Range
neotropical group, with greatest species diversity in Brazil; adventive in our area (much of the US)(1)
Food
Adults feed on foliage of various plants (common hosts include beans, cotton, cowpeas, okra, peanuts, peas, soybeans, sweetpotato, velvet beans) and may damage crops(1)
Works Cited
1.Adventive weevils recorded from North America: A review and illustrated manual for their identification...
Hoebeke E.R., LaBonte J.R., Loeffler K.E. 2024. Coleopterists Soc. Special Publication 5: 1–604, 219 plates.
2.Graphognathus Buchanan a new synonym of Naupactus Dejean and systematics of the N. leucoloma species group (Col.: Curculionidae)
Lanteri A.A., Marvaldi A.E. 1995. Col. Bull. 49: 206‒228.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 8 September, 2005 - 8:57am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 February, 2025 - 4:29pm

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