Callispa nigricornis

Callispa nigricornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Callispa
Species:	C. nigricornis
Binomial name
	Callispa nigricornis; Baly, 1858

Last updated October 23, 2025

Callispa nigricornis, is a species of leaf beetle found in Sri Lanka.^[1]^[2]

Description

Body length is about 4.50 to 4.80 mm.^[3] Adults are narrowly oblong-ovate, moderately convex, subdepressed along the suture and pale shining fulvous.^[4]

References

↑ "Tribe Callispini Chapuis 1875" (PDF). naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
↑ Kimoto, Shinsaku (2003). "The Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) collected by Dr. Akio Otake, on the occasion of his entomological survey in Sri Lanka from 1973 to 1975". Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Series A (Natural History). 1: 23–43. doi:10.34522/kmnh.1.0_23 . Retrieved 2021-09-28.
↑ "Taxonomic studies on some species of the genus' Callispa'baly (Hispinae, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera) of the Oriental region" (PDF). spiral.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
↑ Catalogue of Hispidae in the collection of the British museum This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] "Tribe Callispini Chapuis 1875" (PDF). naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-26.

[2] Kimoto, Shinsaku (2003). "The Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) collected by Dr. Akio Otake, on the occasion of his entomological survey in Sri Lanka from 1973 to 1975". Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Series A (Natural History). 1: 23–43. doi:10.34522/kmnh.1.0_23 . Retrieved 2021-09-28.

[3] "Taxonomic studies on some species of the genus' Callispa'baly (Hispinae, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera) of the Oriental region" (PDF). spiral.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-26.

[4] Catalogue of Hispidae in the collection of the British museum This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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