Agonita nigriceps

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Agonita nigriceps
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Agonita
Species:
A. nigriceps
Binomial name
Agonita nigriceps
(Baly, 1869) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gonophora nigricepsBaly, 1869

Agonita nigriceps is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Malaysia and Thailand.

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Description

Adults are very similar to Agonita saundersi , but can be distinguished by the narrower and more parallel lateral margin of the elytra, and also by the interspaces on the disc having each (the middle one at the base excepted) a double row of punctures. [2]

Life history

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

References

  1. ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  2. ↑ Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Hispidae; with notes on some previously described species
  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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