Callistola pandenella

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

Callistola pandenella 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 7.95 mm. They are pinkish red to metallic bluish black. The head is black (tinged with greenish) above and pale beneath and the antennae are partly blackish and partly reddish to pitchy. The elytra are red with a bluish black band with greenish or purplish reflections. [1]

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Pandanus 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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