Indian Entiminae
(Broad nosed weevils)
| Common Name: | : | Green weevil, gold-dust beetle, gold-dust weevil |
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| Species Name | : | Hypomeces squamosus (Fabricius, 1792) |
| Taxonomic_position | : | Entiminae |
| Synonyms | : | Curculio squamosus Fabricius, 1792 Curculio pulverulentus Fabricius Curculio pulviger Herbst, 1795 Curculio aurulentus Herbst, 1797 Curculio orientalis Olivier, 1807 Hypomeces squamosus Boheman, 1834 Hypomeces fabricii Faust, 1892 Hypomeces auricephalus Faust Hypomeces fabricii var. dispar Faust, 1895 |
| Diagnosis | : | Colour black, with uniform dense glittering metallic green or blue-green scaling, often suffused with orange powdering. Rostrum gradually narrowed from base to apex, the upper surface plane, with a broad and deep central furrow, a curved longitudinal impression on each side of it and a sharp lateral carina. Prothorax broadest at the base, much narrower at the apex, the sides almost straight. Elytra sinuate in the middle of the base, broadest at the shoulders and gradually narrowing behind, the shoulders rounded .and rather sloping, the apices scarcely dehiscent. |
| Host | : | Citrus, Gossypium (cotton), Helianthus annuus (sunflower), Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato), Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco), Oryza sativa (rice), Persea americana (avocado), Saccharum officinarum (sugarcane), Zea mays (maize). |
| Distribution | : | India, Pakistan, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, China, Burma | References | : | https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10.1079/cabicompendium.27783 |
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