Exothispa

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Exothispa
File:Exothispa reimeri.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Exothispini
Weise, 1911
Genus: Exothispa
Kolbe, 1897
Species:
E. reimeri
Binomial name
Exothispa reimeri
Kolbe, 1897[1]

Exothispa is the sole genus of Afican leaf beetles in the tribe Exothispini Weise, 1911.[2]

Species

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This monotypic genus contains Exothispa reimeri Kolbe, 1897: a species recorded from Tanzania.

Life history

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Exothispa reimeri belongs to the subfamily Cassidinae: the tortoise and leaf-mining beetles, but no host plant records appear to have been documented for this species.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Kolbe HJ (1897) Afrikanische Coleoptera des Königlichen Museums für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Entomologische Nachrichten, 23: 348–355.
  2. ^ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
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