Callistola pandenella
| Callistola pandenella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Callistola |
| Species: | C. pandenella
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| Binomial name | |
| Callistola pandenella Gressitt, 1960
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Callistola pandenella is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in New Guinea.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.95 mm. They are pinkish red to metallic bluish black. The head is black (tinged with greenish) above and pale beneath and the antennae are partly blackish and partly reddish to pitchy. The elytra are red with a bluish black band with greenish or purplish reflections.[1]
Life history
The recorded host plants for this species are Pandanus species.[2]
References
- ^ Gressitt, J.L. (1960). "Papuan-West Polynesian Hispine Beetles" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 2 (1). Entomology Department, Bishop Museum: 518–530. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
- ^ 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.