Eurispa fraterna
| Eurispa fraterna | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Eurispa |
| Species: | E. fraterna
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| Binomial name | |
| Eurispa fraterna Blackburn, 1892[1]
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Eurispa fraterna is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Australia (Northern Territories, Queensland).
Description
Adults are similar to Eurispa major, but differ from it by their smaller size, colouring, less coarse prothoracic punctuation, elytral interstices scarcely convex anteriorly, and especially by the almost truncate base of its prothorax.[2]
Life history
No host plant has been documented for this species.[3]
References
- ^ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ^ Blackburn, T. 1892. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. XI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15: 20–73.
- ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Eurispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 23, 2025.