Episomus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae. Species are distributed throughout Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, China and Japan, Pacific Northwest of America. Many species are considered economically important, as they are pests of field beans, cotton and pigeon pea.
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Episomus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae. Species are distributed throughout Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, China and Japan, Pacific Northwest of America. Many species are considered economically important, as they are pests of field beans, cotton and pigeon pea.
==Description== Body variable in size and shape generally elongate, broad, and ovate. Vestiture varies from brown or metallic green. Some species are greenish or black. Three kind of scales are present: the predominant usually oval and the less predominant ones more elongate or plumose. Dorsum of many species is brown. Head with a central furrow and a more or less distinct transverse impression behind the eye. Eyes are convex, lateral, prominent, and very short ovate. Scrobes are very deep in front, but shallower near the eyes. Rostrum broader than the forehead. Mandibles obtuse, prominent and with a strongly marked scar. Antennae with scape exceeding the hind margin of the eye. Antennae geniculate and consist of a scape, a seven segmented funicle.
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