Brachycoryna pumila

Brachycoryna pumila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Brachycoryna
Species:	B. pumila
Binomial name
Brachycoryna pumila Guérin-Méneville, 1844

Brachycoryna pumila is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America, the Caribbean, Central and South America, ^{[1] [2] [3]} where it has been recorded from Colombia, Mexico (Baja California), the United States (Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah), Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 2.5-3.5 mm. They have a black head, while the pronotum is brownish-yellow. The elytron is yellow with variable brown markings. ^[4]

Biology

They have been recorded feeding on Sida rhombifolia , Sida spinosa , Sida cordifolia , Malvastrum cormandelinua , and Malvastrum americanum . ^[5]

References

1. "Brachycoryna pumila Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
2. "Brachycoryna pumila". GBIF. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
3. "Brachycoryna pumila species Information". BugGuide.net. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
4. Staines, C. L. Jr. (1986). "A Revision of the genus Brachycoryna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae)". Insecta Mundi. 1 (4): 231–241. ISSN   0749-6737. Archived from the original on 31 March 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
5. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Archived from the original on 3 December 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.

Further reading

• Staines, C. L. Jr. (1986). "A Revision of the genus Brachycoryna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae)". Insecta Mundi. 1 (4): 231–241. ISSN   0749-6737. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
• 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.