Species info
Classification > Family Curculionidae > Subfamily Entiminae > Tribe Naupactini > Genus Enoplopactus
Enoplopactus hylula (Heller)
Female, MLP. Photograph by B. Pianzola
Female, MLP. Photograph by B. Pianzola
Female, MLP. Photograph by B. Pianzola
Male, MLP. Photograph by B. Pianzola
Male, MLP. Photograph by B. Pianzola
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Catamarca
    • La Rioja
    • San Luis
Other distribution
 
Synonyms
  • Naupactosis hylula Heller 1921: 27
  • Enoplopactus hylula Kuschel 1945: 122
Observations
Enoplopactus hylula differentiates by the pale green vestiture, usually with yellowish stripes along the disc of pronotum and elytra; the pronotum subcylindrical, without thickened base; and the humeri rounded, reduced and lacking tubercles.

A key to species of Enoplopactus is given in Lanteri (1990c).
Host plants
Larrea divaricata Cav. (Zygophyllaceae) (Lanteri et al. 2002a).

Associated with vegetation of the Monte biogeographic province.
References
  • HELLER K.M. 1921. Nuevos curculiónidos de la Argentina. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 91: 19-35.
  • KUSCHEL G. 1945. Aportes entomológicos I (Curculionidae). Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 139: 120- 136.
  • LANTERI A.A. 1990c. Revisión sistemática y análisis filogenético de las especies del género Enoplopactus Heller 1921 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 61: 71-92.
  • LANTERI A.A. ET AL. 2002a. Gorgojos de la Argentina y sus plantas huéspedes. Tomo I: Apionidae y Curculionidae. Publicación Especial de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina Nº 1, 98 pp.
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