Promecotheca caeruleipennis
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| Promecotheca caeruleipennis | |
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| File:Promecotheca caeruleipennis.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Promecotheca |
| Species: | P. caeruleipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Promecotheca caeruleipennis Blanchard, 1853
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Promecotheca caeruleipennis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Fiji, the Philippines, Samoa, the Solomon Islands and Tonga.
Description
[edit | edit source]Adults reach a length of about 7–8 mm. They are testaceous, with the posterior two-thirds of the elytra metallic blue-green.[1]
Life history
[edit | edit source]The recorded host plants for this species are Cocos nucifera, Pritchardia pacifica and Livistona species.[2]
References
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