| Xylosandrus pygmaeus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Xylosandrus |
| Species: | X. pygmaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Xylosandrus pygmaeus (Eggers, 1940) | |
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Xylosandrus pygmaeus is a species of weevil found in Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. [1] [2]
Body length of the female ranges from 1.3 to 1.4 mm. Body light brown to dark brown. Antennae and legs are yellowish brown. Antennea with 5 funicular segments and obliquely truncate club. Pronotal vestiture is semi-appressed and with hairy setae. Pronotal base covered with a dense patch of short erect setae that resemble a pronotal-mesonotal mycangium. Pronotal disc is glabrous. Pronotum consists with lateral costa and carina. Protibiae with 4 socketed teeth, whereas mesotibiae with 6 and metatibiae with 5 socketed teeth. In elytra, discal striae and interstriae uniseriate are punctate. Declivital elytral face is convex, steep and abruptly separated from disc. Declivity is flattened. [3]
A polyphagous species, host plants of the species are Litsea amara , and Vitex pubescens . [3]
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