Callistola attenuata

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Callistola attenuata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Callistola
Species:
C. attenuata
Binomial name
Callistola attenuata
Gressitt, 1963 [1]

Callistola attenuata is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in south-western and north-western New Guinea.

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 8.3 mm. They are yellowish testaceous to black, the pronotum with a triangular apical pitchy black area. The elytra are testaceous on upper portion of the basal half and mostly pitchy to reddish on the rest. [2]

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Freycinetia species. [3] The larvae have also been described. They have six eye spots on their head.

References

  1. ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  2. ↑ Gressitt, J.L. (1963). "Hispine beetles (Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 5 (3). Entomology Department, Bishop Museum: 591–714. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Cryptonychini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
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