''Mimosestes'' is a genus of pea and bean weevils in the

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

family

Chrysomelidae The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...

. 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)

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