Listronotus frontalis
LeConte, 1876 
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Source: O'Brien, C.W., Wibmer, G.J. 1982.
Family: Curculionidae
Chelsey Tellez
Blackish, less elongated, covered with rounded scales, which are no larger on the prothorax; these scales are dirty brown on the elytra, and with a metallic lustre on the head and prothorax. Beak finely carinate, lateral grooves almost obsolete, frontal fovea deep. Prothorax very little longer than wide, broadly rounded on the sides,, transversely impressed near the tip; lateral stripes and dorsal line indistinctly paler, punctures dense, of two sizes, the larger more distant. Elytra one-third wider than the prothorax, broadly emarginate at base, humeri rounded; striae strongly punctured, interspaces wide, nearly flat; tip conjointly rounded in both sexes.
Length 5.7-10 mm.; 0.23-0.40 inch.
♂ Last ventral not impressed; anal segment slightly prominent.
♀ Last ventral with three shallow impressions.
Michigan, New York, Georgia, Texas. Stouter than L. nebulosus, and easily recognized by the above characters. The setae of the elytra are more obvious than usual.
