Callispa elegans

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Callispa elegans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Callispa
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Callispa elegans
Baly, 1876 [1]

Callispa elegans is a species of tortoise beetles (insects in the subfamily Cassidinae) found in Southern Asia, with records from Indonesia (Java, Sumatra) and Malaysia.

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Biology

This species has been recorded feeding on Zalacca conferta , Cyrtostachys lacca , Salacca species, Calamus manan , Calamus caesius , Calamus scipionum , Elaeis guineensis , Caryota mitis , Iguanura geonomiformis , Korthalsia rigida , Korthalsia rostrata , Pinanga disticha and Pinanga scortechinii . [2]

References

  1. ↑ Baly, J.S. (1876). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Halticinae". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1876 (3): 433–449. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1876.tb01919.x.
  2. ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.


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