Species info
Classification > Family Curculionidae > Subfamily Entiminae > Tribe Naupactini > Genus Platyomus
Platyomus mollis Faust
Female, MLP. Photograph by B. Pianzola
Female, MLP. Photograph by B. Pianzola
Female, MLP. Photograph by B. Pianzola
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Chaco
    • Corrientes
    • Entre Ríos
    • Formosa
    • Misiones
    • Salta
    • Santa Fe
Other distribution
PARAGUAY
Itapùa
 
Synonyms
  • Platyomus mollis Faust 1890: 175
Observations
Species similar to Platyomus bruchi in body shape and size. Platyomus mollis distinguishes mainly because the vestiture is red brown to dark brown, with two dorsal and two marginal cream stripes on the pronotum, and three cream "v-shaped" stripes on the elytra, which do not have tubercles.
Host plants
Unknown.

It is associated with vegetation of the Chacoan and Paranaense biogeographic provinces.
References
  • FAUST J. 1890. Neue Rüsselkafer aller Lander. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 51(7-12): 165-195.
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