Xenispa atra
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| Xenispa atra | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Xenispa |
| Species: | X. atra
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenispa atra (Pic, 1926)
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Xenispa atra is a species of rolled-leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Venezuela.[2]
Description
[edit | edit source]Adults reach a length of about 3.4–4.1 mm. The head, pronotum and scutellum are black, while the elytron is dark metallic blue and the legs are reddish.
Biology
[edit | edit source]Adults have been collected on Chusquea species.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Taxonomic changes within Imatidiini and Hybosispini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Staines, Charles L., and Carlos García-Robledo. "The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae)." ZooKeys 436 (2014): 1.
- McKenna, Duane D., and Brian D. Farrell. "Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of host plant use in the Neotropical rolled leaf ‘hispine’ beetle genus Cephaloleia (Chevrolat)(Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37.1 (2005): 117–131.
External links
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