Xenispa elegans
| Xenispa elegans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Xenispa |
| Species: | X. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenispa elegans (Baly, 1875)
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Xenispa elegans is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Ecuador.
Biology
The food plant is unknown.[1]
Taxonomy
Xenispa elegans was synonymized with Xenispa cyanipennis by Spaeth in 1938. However, it was removed from synonymy based on the colour of the antennae, which are uniform yellow in cyanipennis, while they are bicolorous in elegans. Furthermore, elegans has coarser punctation and is somewhat narrower.[2]
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.
- ^ Sekerka, L. (2014). "Review of Imatidiini genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 54 (1): 257–314. Retrieved September 7, 2025.