Balyana sculptilis

Balyana sculptilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Balyana
Species:	B. sculptilis
Binomial name
Balyana sculptilis (Fairmaire, 1895) [1]
Synonyms
Coelaenomenodera sculptilisFairmaire, 1895 Coelaenomenodera reticulataGestro, 1895 Balyana algoensisPéringuey, 1898 Coelaenomenodera clathrataKolbe, 1897 Balyana sculptilis chiromensisBerti, 1987

Balyana sculptilis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.3-9.3 mm (males) and 7.8-10 mm (females). Subspecies sculptilis is uniformly yellow, while the head, antennae, underparts and middle and hind legs are black. Subspecies chiromensis is also mostly yellow, but has a black medial line on the pronotum and the elytra are bicoloured (yellow and black). ^[2]

Biology

The food plant is unknown. ^[3]

Subspecies

• Balyana sculptilis sculptilis (Mozambique)
• Balyana sculptilis chiromensisBerti, 1987 (Malawi)
• Balyana sculptilis clathrata(Kolbe, 1897) (Tanzania)
• Balyana sculptilis reticulata(Gestro, 1895) (Ethiopia)

References

1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System
2. Berti, N.; Desmier de Chenon, R. (1987). "Le genre Balyana Péringuey. Taxonomie et données biologiques (Col. Chrysomelidae Hispinae)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 92 (3–4): 79–102. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
3. Staines, C. L. (2015). "Tribe Coelaenomenoderini" (PDF). Catalog of the Hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Retrieved 18 September 2025.