Sunflower-fauna

Guides

• Smicronyx tesselatus

  Smicronyx tesselatus is a species of true weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. The genus Smicronyx comprises seed weevils associated with plants in the Asteraceae family, particularly sunflowers (Helianthus spp.). Several congeners in this genus are significant agricultural pests of cultivated sunflowers, though specific documentation for S. tesselatus is limited. The species was referenced in a 2021 Texas collecting trip report where it was initially misidentified as a lightly marked specimen of the related species Goes tesselatus, a cerambycid beetle.

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