Mimosestes nubigens (Motschulsky), 1874

Napoles, Romero, de, Aracely, Cruz & Kingsolver, John M., 2009, Seed beetles (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) associated with Acacia cornigera (L.) Willd., with description of a new species of Acanthoscelides Schilsky, Insecta Mundi 2009 (93), pp. 1-11 : 8

Mimosestes nubigens (Motschulsky), 1874

Mimosestes nubigens is a very common species and can be recognized easily because it has strong spines on anterior lateral margins of the prothorax.

Host plants. OLD RECORDS: Acacia amentacea DC. , A. cochliacantha Humb. and Bonpl. , A. cornigera (L.) Willd., A. farnesiana (L.) Willd., A. globulifera Saff. , A. schaffneri (S. Watson) F.J. Herm. , A. tortuosa (L.) Willd., Cercidium floridum subsp. peninsulare (Rose) Carter , Prosopis chilensis (Molina) Stuntz , P. juliflora (SW.) DC. , and P. pallida (Humb. and Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kunth.

Distribution. OLD RECORDS: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, (Aguascalientes, Baja California, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Estado de México, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, and Zacatecas), New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippine Islands, USA.