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Naupactus xanthographus (Curculionidae)
Beetle family Curculionidae. Wine producers and farmers generally consider it a pest because of food from the leaves of deciduous fruit.
Its presence has been reported in Chile since the Valparaiso region Biobio region.
If you have more information about this insect please let me know :D
The species is endemic to Chile, but evidently not rare. The "eyebrows" readily discriminate Aegorhinus spp. vs. most other weevils, including Naupactus.
The weevil in the reference forwarded by Leuba bears a wrong ID. It is not even closely related to Naupactus.
This is the true N.xanthographus:
http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/417299-N...
Hi Rugle, This looks like the most likely - do you have other pictures/different aspects of this insect ?. perhaps someone with expertise can confirm.
Spotted on Jan 28, 2011
Submitted on Dec 6, 2011
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