Lanterius inermis (Hustache)
Female, MLP
Geographic distribution
Distribution
An occasional minor pest
- Argentina
- Misiones
Other distribution
BRAZIL
Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina
PARAGUAY
Itapúa
Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina
PARAGUAY
Itapúa
- Naupactus inermis Hustache 1947: 86
- Naupactus inermis var paraguayanus Hustache 1947: 87
- Macrostylus (Mimographus) ocellatus Lanteri 1985: 4
- Lanterius inermis : del Río et al. 2018: 13.
Naupactus inermis is a small species, with slightly sclerotized integument, and slender antennae and legs. It differentiates from other Naupactus because it does not have denticles on the inner margin of tibiae (in most species of this genus the front tibiae have a line of denticles of different sizes).
The typical morphotype is covered with dense scaly vestiture with a characteristic brown and white pattern on elytra, intercalated with short, dark, erect setae, slightly longer towards apex. In the paraguayanus morphotype (paraguayanus variety sensu Hustache) the integument is almost nude of scales, except for two yellowish stripes along sides of pronotum, extended on the anterior quarter of 4º elytral interval, and another yellow stripe extended from the apex of rostrum to the apex of elytra. Males are more slender than females.
First instar larvae was described by Marvaldi & Loiácono (1994) under the name Mimographus ocellatus Lanteri.
The typical morphotype is covered with dense scaly vestiture with a characteristic brown and white pattern on elytra, intercalated with short, dark, erect setae, slightly longer towards apex. In the paraguayanus morphotype (paraguayanus variety sensu Hustache) the integument is almost nude of scales, except for two yellowish stripes along sides of pronotum, extended on the anterior quarter of 4º elytral interval, and another yellow stripe extended from the apex of rostrum to the apex of elytra. Males are more slender than females.
First instar larvae was described by Marvaldi & Loiácono (1994) under the name Mimographus ocellatus Lanteri.
Prunus persica L. (Rosaceae).
Associated with vegetation native to the Paranaense forest.
Associated with vegetation native to the Paranaense forest.
- HUSTACHE A. 1947. Naupactini de l’Argentine et des régions limitrophes (Col. Curculion.). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 13(1-5): 3-146.
- LANTERI A.A. 1985. Revisión de las especies argentinas del género Macrostylus Boheman, subgénero Mimographus Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). CIPFE CED Orione Contribuciones en Biología 12: 1-6.
- MARVALDI A.E. & LOIÁCONO M.S. 1994. First instar larvae in the tribe Naupactini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 38(2): 453-466.
- DEL RÍO M.G., RODRIGUERO M.S., CONFALONIERI V.A., LANTERI A.A. 2018. Molecular and morphological phylogenetic analysis of Naupactus Dejean (Curculionidae, Entiminae) and allied genera: the dilemma of classification. Diversity, 10(3): 59.
