Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pantomorus Schönherr 1840, Graphognathus Buchanan 1939
based on the atrophied hind wings, N. cervinus used to be treated in a separate genus Pantomorus, "Currently considered a junior synonym of Naupactus (other Naupactus are winged, the 'Pantomorus' are wingless)" (C.W. O'Brien, pers.comm., 23.v.09)
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, all adventive
Range
e US to CA; native to South America, adventive in our area
(2)(3)(4)Food
Adults feed on foliage of various plants and are considered pests
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