Pentispa sulcifrons
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| Pentispa sulcifrons | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Pentispa |
| Species: | P. sulcifrons
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| Binomial name | |
| Pentispa sulcifrons (Champion, 1894)[1]
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Pentispa sulcifrons is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Mexico (Yucatan).
Description
[edit | edit source]Adults are similar to Pentispa vittatipennis, but less elongate and with the fourth elytral interspace not so strongly costate, the fulvous patch obliquely truncate behind. In P. vittatipennis, the third and fourth rows of punctures are fused into one in the median third of the elytra, while in P. sulcifrons they are separate throughout.[2]
Biology
[edit | edit source]The recorded food plant is Melanthera nivea.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ^ Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta (Coleoptera) Vol. VI. part 2 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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