Indian Entiminae
(Broad nosed weevils)

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Species Name	:	Lepropus lateralis Fabricius (1792)
Taxonomic_position	:	Entiminae: Brachyderini: Piazomiina
Synonyms	:	Curculio lateralis Fabricius. 1792: 454. Menoetius lateralis Dejean, 1821: 95. Curculio obtusus Sturm. 1826: 172. Astycus lateralis var. Bubacuminatus Faust. 1892: 505.
Diagnosis	:	Rostrum with a pair of dorsal carinae; antennae with second segment of funicle longer than first; elytra with striae punctate; fore coxae contiguous or subcontiguous; tibiae with a shallow dorsal sulcus.
Host	:	Rice, maize, sugarcane, grasses, pulses, black gram, red gram, green gram, groundnut, sunhemp, lucerne, soybean, beans, cowpea, castor, cotton, indigo, guava, ber, mango, okra, brinjal, hibiscus, sisso, sal, Murraya koenigii, Indian coral tree, fig, lantana, weeds, mulberry, tea, coffee, teak, tung tree, Aleurites fordi, A. montana, chir (Pinus longifolia), attracted to light.
Distribution	:	Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, New Delhi, Punjab, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
References	:	Poorani, J. and Ramamurthy, V.V., 1997. Weevils of the genus Lepropus Schoenherr from the oriental region (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Oriental Insects, 31(1), pp.1-82.
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Indian Entiminae(Broad nosed weevils)