Anisostena bicolor

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Anisostena bicolor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Anisostena
Species:
A. bicolor
Binomial name
Anisostena bicolor
(J.Smith, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Charistena bicolorJ.Smith, 1885

Anisostena bicolor is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in the United States (Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma) and Mexico (Baja California). [1]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 3.8–4.6 mm. Their head has a metallic green sheen and the elytron is dark metallic blue, while the pronotum is red.

Biology

This species has been found feeding on Tripsacum dactyloides . [2]

References

  1. ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  2. ↑ Staines, C. L. (1994). "A revision of the genus Anisostena Weise (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae). Part II. The subgenus Anisostena: Key to the species groups and the ariadne species group". Insecta Mundi. 8 (1–2): 125–135. ISSN   0749-6737.
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