Species info
Classification > Family Curculionidae > Subfamily Entiminae > Tribe Naupactini > Genus Naupactus
Naupactus alternevittatus Hustache
Type, male, MNHN. Photograph by A. Mantilleri
Type, male, MNHN. Photograph by A. Mantilleri
Type, male, MNHN. Photograph by A. Mantilleri
Type, male, lateral view, MNHN. Photograph by A. Mantilleri
Type, male, lateral view, MNHN. Photograph by A. Mantilleri
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
URUGUAY
Cerro Largo
 
Synonyms
  • Naupactus alternevittatus Hustache 1947: 95
Observations
Naupactus alternevittatus is similar to N. purpureoviolaceus in size and body shape. The integument is dark and shiny, almost nude of scales, except on the scutellum, five slender white stripes along the pronotum (one on midline, two on disc and two on margins) and three pairs of white stripes along the even intervals of elytra (2º, 4º and 6º-8º). Elytral setae are pale, fine and moderately long towards apex. Eyes are convex, antennae are broad, sides of pronotum are strongly curved in males, and elytra are very elongate, with rounded humeri.
Host plants
Unknown.

Associated with vegetation of the Pampean biogeographic province.
References
  • HUSTACHE A. 1947. Naupactini de l’Argentine et des régions limitrophes (Col. Curculion.). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 13(1-5): 3-146.
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