Xanthispa cimicoides
| Xanthispa cimicoides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Xanthispa |
| Species: | X. cimicoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Xanthispa cimicoides (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
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Xanthispa cimicoides is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in French Guiana.[1]
Description
The thorax is narrowed from its base to the apex, with the side straight and margined and with the anterior angles obsolete. The elytra are pale testaceous, slightly convex, subdepressed above, sinuate below the shoulders, deeply punctate-striate. The side margin is slightly dilated, more especially in front, where its outer edge is indistinctly reflexed.[2]
Life history
No host plant has been documented for this species, but it is thought to be associated with Arecaceae species.[3]
References
- ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Imatidiini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
- ^ Catalogue of Hispidae in the collection of the British museum This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Sekerka, L. (2014). "Review of Imatidiini genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 54 (1): 257–314. Retrieved September 7, 2025.