Compsus auricephalus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Genus
- Compsus
- Species
- Compsus auricephalus
- Scientific Name
- Compsus auricephalus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Compsus auricephalus
Compsus auricephalus, the golden-headed weevil, is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is native and fairly widespread across the southern U.S.A., extending through Central America in Guatemala and Mexico.
There are two color morphs of Compsus auricephalus: predominantly green with pink/coppery head and part of the legs, or completely white to pale brown.
The status, variation, distribution, and biological information about the species was revised in 2020.
...Compsus auricephalus in languages:
- English
- Golden-headed Weevil
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Compsus argentinicus
- Compsus argyreus
- Compsus armatissimus
- Compsus auricephalus
- Compsus bellus
- Compsus benoisti
- Compsus bimaculatus
- Compsus bisignatus
- Compsus caeruleipes
- Compsus canescens
- Compsus costaricensis
- Compsus fossicollis
- Compsus gentilis
- Compsus lacteus
- Compsus latifrons
- Compsus nigropunctatus
- Compsus niveus
- Compsus obliquatus
- Compsus pugionatus
- Compsus quadrisignatus
- Compsus viridis
- Compsus viridivittatus
- Compsus zebra


























































































































































