Amblispa laevigata

Amblispa laevigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Amblispa
Species:	A. laevigata
Binomial name
Amblispa laevigata (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
Synonyms
Microrhopala laevigataGuérin-Méneville, 1844 Amblispa laevigata(Guérin-Méneville). Baly, 1858 Amblispa laevigata purpurascensMaulik, 1919 Amblispa laevigata viridisMaulik, 1919

Amblispa laevigata, is a species of leaf beetle found in Bangladesh, India (Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Nepal, and Sri Lanka. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

Adults are obscure blue-black. The front is produced into a small acute tooth, which forms the upper termination of a longitudinal ridge between the antennae. The thorax is punctured, as broad as long, narrowed from the base to the apex, sides rounded, anterior and posterior angles acute. The elytra are deeply punctate-striate. ^[4]

Life history

Host plants are grasses. ^{[1] [5]}

References

1. "Tribe Callispini Chapuis 1875" (PDF). naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
2. "Amblispa laevigata (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
3. Borowiec, Lech; Świętojańska, Jolanta (2007-06-30). "Cassidinae collected during Czech-Polish Expedition to Maharashtra, India* (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". pp. 279–295. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
4. Catalogue of Hispidae in the collection of the British museum This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
5. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.