Wallacea marginata

Wallacea marginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Wallacea
Species:
W. marginata
Binomial name
Wallacea marginata
Gestro, 1896
Synonyms
  • Wallaceana marginata
  • Pistosia marginata

Wallacea marginata is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Indonesia (Java, Mentawai).[1]

Biology

They have been recorded feeding on Plectocomia species.[2]

References

  1. ^ Sekerka, L. 2015. Wallacea, Pistosia and Neodownesia: three distinct genera and their tribal placement (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(2): 713–743.
  2. ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.