Promecotheca sacchari

Promecotheca sacchari
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Promecotheca
Species:
P. sacchari
Binomial name
Promecotheca sacchari

Promecotheca sacchari is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found on the Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal).[2]

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Saccharum (including Saccharum officinarum) and Miscanthus species.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Promecotheca sacchari". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  2. ^ a b Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Promecothecini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 19, 2025.