Agonita suturella

Agonita suturella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Agonita
Species:	A. suturella
Binomial name
Agonita suturella (Baly, 1858) [1]
Synonyms
Gonophora suturellaBaly, 1858

Agonita suturella is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in India (Madras, Mysore), Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Laos and Malaysia.

Description

Adults are red above, with the antennae, eyes, and sometimes also the surface immediately around the latter, the extreme lateral margin of the thorax, a narrow sutural line, and the extreme apex of the elytra black. The antennae are long and slender. The thorax similar in form and sculpture to that of Agonita wallacei , but without the black central longitudinal line. The elytra is narrower, less dilated on the sides, and more parallel, the interspaces between the costae impressed with two regular rows of deep punctures, the intermediate interstices on the sides and near the apex not distinctly elevated. ^[2]

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Pandanus species. ^[3]

References

1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System
2. Catalogue of Hispidae in the collection of the British Museum This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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 26, 2025.