Callistola metselaari

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Callistola metselaari
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Callistola
Species:
C. metselaari
Binomial name
Callistola metselaari
Gressitt, 1960
Synonyms
  • Callistola melselaari

Callistola metselaari is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in New Guinea.

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 10.8 mm. They are reddish to steel blue. The head is bluish black above and pale beneath. The antennae are also bluish black, but slightly reddish near the base. The elytra are pale with a broad purplish to steely blue band. [1]

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Freycinetia species. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Gressitt, J.L. (1960). "Papuan-West Polynesian Hispine Beetles" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 2 (1). Entomology Department, Bishop Museum: 518–530. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  2. ↑ 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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