Dactylispa pubicollis

Dactylispa pubicollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Dactylispa
Species:
D. pubicollis
Binomial name
Dactylispa pubicollis
(Chapuis, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hispa pubicollis Chapuis, 1877
  • Dactylispa pubicollis maynei Uhmann, 1931
  • Dactylispa pubicollis metallica Uhmann, 1936
  • Hispa dissimilis Péringuey, 1898
  • Dactylispa contribulis Weise, 1899
  • Dactylispa andreinii Gestro, 1904

Dactylispa pubicollis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Commeliniaceae, Scleria, Marantochloa, Jussiaea, Impatiens and Aeschynomene species, as well as Setaria chevalieri, Setaria megaphylla, Sporobolus pyramidalis and Urena lobata.[2]

References

  1. ^ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  2. ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Hispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
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