Cossonus disciferus, is a species of weevil found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Cossonus disciferus
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C. disciferus
Binomial name
Cossonus disciferus
F.Walker

Description edit

Similar to Cossonus ochreipennis. Rostrum elongate. The apex of the rostrum and legs are reddish brown. Apex of elytra is black, and median impression of pronotum interrupted in the middle and not carinate.[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Cossonus disciferus F.Walker". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  2. ^ "Apionidae, Nanophyidae, Brachyceridae and Curculionidae except Scolytinae (Coleoptera) from Socotra Island". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54:295-422. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  3. ^ "On some Oriental Cossoninae. (Coloptera: Ourculionidae)" (PDF). Arb. morph. taxon. Ent. Berlin-Dahlem, Band 5, 1938, Kr. 2. Retrieved 2021-08-20.