Asamangulia cuspidata

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Asamangulia cuspidata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Asamangulia
Species:
A. cuspidata
Binomial name
Asamangulia cuspidata
Maulik, 1915 [1]
Synonyms
  • Asamangulia dreesiUhmann, 1954

Asamangulia cuspidata is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Afghanistan, India (Bihar, West Bengal), Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Nepal and possibly Saudi Arabia. [2]

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Description

Adults have shiny black body, covered with spines.

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Saccharum officinarum , Oryza sativa and Sorghum species. [3] The larvae mine the leaves of their host plant, feeding between the upper and lower epidermis. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  2. ↑ Occurrence of hispa Asamangulia cuspidata and its parasitoids in South India
  3. ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Hispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
  4. ↑ ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resource
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