Mimosestes Explained

Mimosestes is a genus of pea and bean weevils in the beetle family Chrysomelidae. There are about 13 described species in Mimosestes.

Species

At least these 12 species belong to the genus Mimosestes:

• Mimosestes acaciestes Kingsolver & Johnson, 1978
• Mimosestes amicus (Horn, 1873)
• Mimosestes anomalus Johnson
• Mimosestes chrysocosmus Kingsolver, 1985
• Mimosestes enterolobii Johnson
• Mimosestes insularis Kingsolver & Johnson, 1978
• Mimosestes janzeni Johnson
• Mimosestes mimosae (Fabricius, 1781)
• Mimosestes nubigens (Motschulsky, 1874)
• Mimosestes playazul Johnson
• Mimosestes protractus (Horn, 1873)
• Mimosestes ulkei (Horn, 1873) (retama weevil)

Further reading

• Book: Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico. 2003. Riley . Ed. Clark . S.. Seeno . T.. Coleopterists Society. 9780972608718.
• Book: Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). 2003. Riley . Edward G.. Clark . Shawn M.. Seeno . Terry N.. The Coleopterists' Society. Special Publication No. 1. 978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26091-7.