Agonita amoena

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Agonita amoena
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Agonita
Species:
A. amoena
Binomial name
Agonita amoena
(Péringuey, 1908) [1]
Synonyms
  • Distolaca amoenaPéringuey, 1908

Agonita amoena is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 5–6 mm. They are cyan, shiny, glabrous, with darker antennae and feet. The head is scarcely punctate. The prothorax is almost parallel, but at the base somewhat wider, twice as long in width, flattened above, crudely punctate, longitudinally a slight median wrinkle, the other shorter, less distinct on both sides, situated in the middle of the disc. [2]

Life history

No host plant has been documented for this species. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  2. ↑ Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum p. 336
  3. ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Gonophorini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
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