Platocthispa emorsitans
| Platocthispa emorsitans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Platocthispa |
| Species: | P. emorsitans
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| Binomial name | |
| Platocthispa emorsitans (Baly, 1885)
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Platocthispa emorsitans is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama.
Description
The elytra are subparallel, very slightly increasing in width from the base towards the apex, the latter rounded, broadly emarginate at the sutural angle. The outer margin is finely serrulate. Each elytron has eight regular rows of punctures. The second, fourth, and sixth interspaces are costate, with the outer costa less strongly elevated than the others.[1]
Biology
The recorded food plants are Calathea (including Calathea insignis and Calathea latifolia), as well as Costus species, Heliconia catheta, Heliconia irrasa and Heliconia latispatha.[2]
References
- ^ Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta (Coleoptera) Vol. VI. part 2 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.