Balyana sculptipennis

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Balyana sculptipennis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Balyana
Species:
B. sculptipennis
Binomial name
Balyana sculptipennis
(Fairmaire, 1904) [1]
Synonyms
  • Coelaenomenodera sculptipennisFairmaire, 1904

Balyana sculptipennis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Madagascar.

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Description

Adults are bicoloured yellow and black. They are similar to Balyana pauliani and Balyana maritima , but the shape of the body, pronotum and elytra is very characteristic. [2]

Biology

The food plant is unknown. [3]

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.
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