Naupactus xanthographus

Medium-sized weevil (females 10–16 mm; males 8–11.5 mm), brown or greyish, with pattern of white and/or yellow stripes along pronotum and elytra. Pronotum subcylindrical, wider than long in female, about as long as wide in male; disc with pair of lateral light stripes or a single stripe along midline, lacking white stripe along midline, usually smooth. Elytra oval or navicular, 1.36–1.70× (females) and 1.55–2.05× (males) as long as wide, slightly to strongly widened relative to pronotum (WE/WP about 1.30–1.50×), uniformly curved or abruptly narrowed near apex. Vestiture of moderately sparse round-oval scales and short, fine, recumbent setae. Front tibia with large, acute mucro and about 7–10 denticles on inner margin. Scape reaching to slightly exceeding anterior margin of pronotum.

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