Litostylus diadema (Fabricius)
Female, MLP. Photograph by P. Hernández
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Chaco
- Misiones
Other distribution
BRAZIL
Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rondonia
COLOMBIA
Córdoba, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander
FRENCH GUIANA
Cayenne, Macouria
HONDURAS
NICARAGUA
PANAMÁ
PERÚ
SUURINAM
Pará
VENEZUELA
Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Distrito Capital, Falcón, Guárico, Mérida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Trujillo, Vargas, Zulia
Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rondonia
COLOMBIA
Córdoba, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander
FRENCH GUIANA
Cayenne, Macouria
HONDURAS
NICARAGUA
PANAMÁ
PERÚ
SUURINAM
Pará
VENEZUELA
Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Distrito Capital, Falcón, Guárico, Mérida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Trujillo, Vargas, Zulia
- Curculio diadema Fabricius 1787: 116
- Curculio juvencus Olivier 1807: 352
- Litostylus juvencus : Faust 1894: 368
- Litostylus juvencus var. peruvianus Hustache 1947: 33
- Litostylus diadema : O´Brien & Wibmer 1982: 32
Listostylus Faust includes several species distributed in Central America, Antilles, and tropical and subtropical South America.
Listostylus diadema is easily recognized by the yellow or pale yellowish, usually with waxy exudate, scaly vestiture, the strongly conical rostrum, the head constricted behind the eyes and the base of elytra strongly bisinuate.
Listostylus diadema is easily recognized by the yellow or pale yellowish, usually with waxy exudate, scaly vestiture, the strongly conical rostrum, the head constricted behind the eyes and the base of elytra strongly bisinuate.
It feeds on leaves of Citrus spp (Rutaceae), Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. (Convolvulaceae) and Piper sp (Piperaceae) (Silva et al. 1968) and causes damage in Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K. (Lecythidaceae) in Brazil (Morais et al. 2014).
Mainly associated with vegetation of tropical and subtropical America.
Mainly associated with vegetation of tropical and subtropical America.
- FABRICIUS J.C. 1787. Mantissa lnsectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Vol. 1, XX+ 348pp. [Cure. pp.VIII, 97-124, 381.]
- OLIVIER A.G. 1807. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle desinsectes, avec leurs caracteres génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée. Coléoptéres. Desray, Paris. 612 p.
- FAUST J. 1894. (Correction). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 1893(1894) 54(10-12):368.
- HUSTACHE A. 1947. Naupactini de l’Argentine et des régions limitrophes (Col. Curculion.). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 13(1-5): 3-146.
- SILVA A.G. ET AL. 1968. Quarto Catálogo dos insetos que vivem nas plantas do Brasil, seus parasitos e predadores. Ministerio da Agricultura, Departamento de Defesa e Inspecão Agropecuaria, Serviço de Defesa Sanitaria Vegetal, Laboratorio Central de Patología Vegetal. Río de Janeiro, GB, Brasil, 622 pp.
- O´BRIEN C.W. & WIBMER G. 1982. Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West lndies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Ann Arbor: Memoirs of the American Entomological lnstitute. 1-382 p.
- MORAIS E.G.F ET AL. 2014. Ocorrência e danos causados por Litostylus diadema (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) em plantios de castanheira-do-Brasil (Bertholletia excelsa) em Roraima. Resumos XXV Congresso Brasileiro de Entomologia, 14-18 de Setembro de 2014, Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
