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Xylosandrus pygmaeus
Xylosandrus pygmaeus, is a species of weevil found in Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.[1][2] DescriptionBody 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] References
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