Brontispa mariana
| Brontispa mariana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Brontispa |
| Species: | B. mariana
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| Binomial name | |
| Brontispa mariana Spaeth, 1937
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Brontispa mariana is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Micronesia (Caroline Islands, Rota, Saipan, Tinian, Truk, Yap).
Life history
The recorded host plants for this species are Cocos nucifera and Areca catechu.[2]
References
- ^ Sekerka, Lukáš, Jia, Fenglong, Pang, Hong & Borowiec, Lech, 2016, Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) types deposited at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Zootaxa 4084 (1), pp. 50-78
- ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Cryptonychini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 23, 2025.