Chalepus sanguinicollis

Chalepus sanguinicollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Chalepus
Species:
C. sanguinicollis
Binomial name
Chalepus sanguinicollis
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chalepus hebalus Sanderson, 1951
  • Hispa sanguinicollis Linnaeus, 1771
  • Odontota stigmula Chapuis, 1877
  • Hispa axillaris Dejean, 1821
  • Chalepus sanguinicollis australis Uhmann, 1935
  • Cephaloleia microdonta Fairmaire, 1869

Chalepus sanguinicollis is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, North America, and South America.[1][2][3]

Biology

They have been recorded feeding on Panicum leucophaeum and Paspalum densum. Adults have been collected on Verbesinae greenmanni, Benthamantha mollis, Bromelia caragua, Vitex cimosa, Valota insularis, Calea pinnatifida and Crotalaria species.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Chalepus sanguinicollis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Chalepus sanguinicollis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". 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.
  • Media related to Chalepus sanguinicollis at Wikimedia Commons
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