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 the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, 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. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Brachycoryna pumila". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Brachycoryna pumila species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. Staines, C. L. Jr. (1986). "A Revision of the genus Brachycoryna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae)". Insecta Mundi. 1 (4): 231–241. ISSN   0749-6737.
5. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 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.
• 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.