Indian Entiminae

(Broad nosed weevils)

Ash weevil

Myllocerus subfasciatus Guerin (1843)

Entiminae: Cyphicerini: Myllocerina

            Myllocerus subfasiatus Guerin, 1843: 54

            Myllocerus spurcatus Walker, 1859.

            Myllocerus nubilosus Faust, 1897:358

            Myllocerus mutabilis Faust, 1897, 359

Frons almost as broad as the breadth of eye, eyes sublateral; prothorax with basal margin distinctly or less distinctly bisinuate; elytra without metallic green spots; hind femur bidentate.

Cotton, jute, groundnut, brinjal, potato, apple, plums, ramie fibre, hollyhock and attracted to light.

Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu.

• Marshall, G.A.K. 1916. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora: Curculionidae. In: Shiply, A.E. (Ed.), The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London, 367 pp.
• Ramamurthy, V.V. and S. Ghai. 1988. A study on the genus Myllocerus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Oriental Insects, 22: 377-500.