Species info
Classification > Family Curculionidae > Subfamily Entiminae > Tribe Naupactini > Genus Atrichonotus
Atrichonotus whiteheadi Lanteri
Holotype, female, MLP
Holotype, female, MLP
Holotype, female, MLP
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Córdoba
    • San Luis
Other distribution
 
Synonyms
  • Atrichonotus whiteheadi Lanteri in Lanteri & Morrone 1995: 108
Observations
Species very small, endemic to the sierras of central Argentina (Lanteri & Morrone 1995). It is distinguished by the flat eyes, the pair of dark-brown maculae on the elytra, and the short, recumbent elytral setae. It is flightless and probably parthenogenetic.
Host plants
Associated with vegetation of the Espinal biographic province.
References
  • LANTERI A.A. & MORRONE J.J. 1995. Cladistics of the Naupactus leucoloma species group, Atrichonotus, and Eurymetopus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 54(1-4): 99-112.
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