Anisostena cyanea

Anisostena cyanea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Anisostena
Species:
A. cyanea
Binomial name
Anisostena cyanea
Staines, 1994

Anisostena cyanea is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America,[1][2][3] where it has been recorded from Arizona, Texas and Mexico.

Biology

Adults have been collected on Bothriochloa saccharides, Bothriochloa barbinoidis and Bothriochloa laguroides torreyana, but the foodplant is uncertain.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Anisostena cyanea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Anisostena cyanea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.

Further reading

  • Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 978-83-909804-4-7.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.