Platypria erinaceus
| Platypria erinaceus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Platypria |
| Species: | P. erinaceus
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| Binomial name | |
| Platypria erinaceus (Fabricius, 1801)
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| Synonyms | |
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Platypria (Platypria) erinaceus, is a species of leaf beetle native to India (Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Punjab, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka,[1][2] Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.[3]
Description
The antenna are thick.[4]
Biology
It is found in wide varieties of host plants including: Desmodium gangeticum, Erythrina, Pueraria tuberosa, Oryza sativa, Saccharum officinarum, Ziziphus jujuba, Ziziphus mauritiana and Ziziphus nummularia.[4][5]
References
- ^ "ON THE COLLECTION OF HISPINAE (COLEOPTERA : CHRYSOMELIDAE) PRESEERVED IN THE ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, CALCUTTA". Records of the Zoological Survey of India. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.893.6766.
- ^ Mann, J. S.; Crowson, R. A. (1983). "On the Occurrence of Mid-Gut Caeca, and Organs of Symbiont Transmission, in Leaf-Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 37 (1): 1–15. JSTOR 4008097. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Hispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
- ^ a b Ranade, Sachin; Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal Divakaran; Ghate, Hemant V.; Chaboo, Caroline S. (2021-04-14). "Natural history of Platypria (Platypria) hystrix (Fabricius, 1798) on Fabaceae host plants, with notes on other Platypria species in India (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Hispini)". ZooKeys (1031): 59–84. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1031...59R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1031.60129. PMC 9848903. PMID 36761859. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ Dhileepan, K. (2017). "Biological control of Ziziphus mauritiana (Rhamnaceae): feasibility, prospective agents and research gaps". Annals of Applied Biology. 170 (3): 287–300. doi:10.1111/aab.12338. S2CID 90069742. Retrieved 2021-09-21.