Promecotheca callosa
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| Promecotheca callosa | |
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| File:Promecotheca callosa.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Promecotheca |
| Species: | P. callosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Promecotheca callosa Baly, 1876
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Promecotheca callosa is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Australia (Queensland, Northern Territories) and south-western, south-eastern and north-eastern New Guinea.
Description
[edit | edit source]Adults of subspecies major reach a length of about 10.9-12.2 mm, while the adults of subspecies callosa are smaller. Adults are shiny black with bright reddish orange elytra.
The larvae have also been described. They reach a length of about 15 mm.[1]
Life history
[edit | edit source]The recorded host plants for this species are palms (including Cocos nucifera), as well as Pandanus species.[2]
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]- Promecotheca callosa callosa (Australia, south-western and south-eastern New Guinea)
- Promecotheca callosa major Gressitt, 1963 (north-eastern New Guinea)
References
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