Anisostena cyanea

Anisostena cyanea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Anisostena
Species:	A. cyanea
Binomial name
Anisostena cyanea Staines, 1994

Anisostena cyanea is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America, ^{[1] [2] [3]} where it has been recorded from Arizona, Texas and Mexico.

Biology

Adults have been collected on Bothriochloa saccharides , Bothriochloa barbinoidis and Bothriochloa laguroides torreyana , but the foodplant is uncertain. ^[4]

References

1. "Anisostena cyanea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Anisostena cyanea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Anisostena cyanea species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. 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.

Further reading

• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN   978-83-909804-4-7.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.