Aslamidium coca

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Aslamidium coca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Aslamidium
Species:
A. coca
Binomial name
Aslamidium coca
Borowiec, 1998 [1]

Aslamidium coca is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Ecuador. [2]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.8 mm. They have a pale yellow pronotum. The elytron is also pale yellow, but with a black pattern consisting of small dots, a Y-shaped spot, a triangular spot and a transverse spot.

Etymology

The species is named after both the coca shrub and Coca village in Napo District (Ecuador). [3]

References

  1. ↑ Sekerka, L. (2014). "Review of Imatidiini genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 54 (1): 257–314. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  2. ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Imatidiini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  3. ↑ Borowiec, L. (1998). "Four new species of Aslamidium Borowiec, with description of Neoaslamidium new subgenus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae)" (PDF). Genus. 9 (3): 367–374. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
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