Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Photo#468692
Beige & brown-flecked Weevil - Epimechus

Beige & brown-flecked Weevil - Epimechus
Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance, Los Angeles County, California, USA
October 26, 2010
Size: ~ 2.5 mm
Landed on my hand while walking on trail along some Western Sycamores (Platanus racemosa) and various smaller vegetation.

Resembles genus Smicronyx.

Images of this individual: tag all
Beige & brown-flecked Weevil - Epimechus Beige & brown-flecked Weevil - Epimechus Beige & brown-flecked Weevil - Epimechus

Moved tentatively based on Charlie's suggestion
sweet...

Moved from Anthonomus.

ID
Probably Epimechus perhaps mobilis Fall.This is a genuus near Anthonomus and the critical diagnostic characters in the tarsi, claws and antennae are not visible in the photo.

 
Thank you very much, Dr. OBrien !
Your expertise is greatly appreciated !

Four Epimechus species have been recorded from the Los Angeles area, of which three have seven antennal funicles, and one has six.

I've added a couple of photos that show the antennal structure better than the first image.
I count six antennal funicles in both images, which confirms your ID: Epimechus mobilis.

The added photos also show the tarsi and claws with some more detail, which might help to further solidify the ID.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

...still i'm leaning towards Anthonomus

 
Fantastic !
Anthonomus looks very good !

It resembles Anthonomus ornatulus, which is the only species in subgenus Cnemocyllus found in the Los Angeles basin, but its main host-plant seems to be Eriophyllun lanatum (= Woolly Sunflower), which is not found at MMP.

A closer resemblance is Anthonomus tenuis, also in subgenus Cnemocyllus, but not found in coastal Southern California.

It's therefore likely in another subgenus.

B.t.w., barely visible tarsal claws indicate that it is indeed not Smicronyx.

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.