Ptochus limbatus

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Ptochus limbatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Phytophaga
Superfamily:
Curculionoidea
Family:
Curculionidae
Genus:
Ptochus
Species:
P. limbatus
Binomial name
Ptochus limbatus
Marshall, 1916

Ptochus limbatus, is a species of weevil found in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. [1]

Description

This species has a body length is about 7.5 to 8 mm. Body reddish brown in color, where the dorsum covered with dense brown scales. Ventrum with uniform pale green or greenish-grey scales. There is a well-defined lateral stripe on the head and thorax. Head finely striolate beneath the scales. Eyes are large, sub-lateral and convex. Rostrum broad, which gradually narrowed from the base. Antennae ferruginous. Protthorax broad with slightly rounded sides. Scutellum distinct, and clothed with green scales. Elytra narrowly elliptical in male and considerably wider in female. [2]

Adults were collected from Juglans regia . [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bhatti, Abdul Rauf; Zia, Ahmed; Naz, Falak; Usman, Amjad; Saleem, Rukhshanda; Sarwar, Ghulam; Din, Amad Ud (2021). "Three New Records of Genus Ptochus Schoenherr, 1826 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from Pakistan". Sarhad Journal of Agriculture. 37. doi:10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.325.330. S2CID   234107202 . Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  2. ↑ "THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA, INCLUDING CEYLON AND BURMA: COLEOPTERA. RHYNCHOPHORA :-CURCULIONIDaE" (PDF). faunaofindia. Retrieved 2021-08-15.


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