Chalepus sanguinicollis

Chalepus sanguinicollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Chalepus
Species:	C. sanguinicollis
Binomial name
Chalepus sanguinicollis (Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms [1]
Chalepus hebalus Sanderson, 1951 Hispa sanguinicollis Linnaeus, 1771 Odontota stigmula Chapuis, 1877 Hispa axillaris Dejean, 1821 Chalepus sanguinicollis australis Uhmann, 1935 Cephaloleia microdonta Fairmaire, 1869

Chalepus sanguinicollis is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, North America, and South America. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biology

They have been recorded feeding on Panicum leucophaeum and Paspalum densum . Adults have been collected on Verbesinae greenmanni , Benthamantha mollis , Bromelia caragua , Vitex cimosa , Valota insularis , Calea pinnatifida and Crotalaria species. ^[4]

References

1. "Chalepus sanguinicollis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Chalepus sanguinicollis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Chalepus sanguinicollis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.

Further reading

• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN   978-83-909804-4-7.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.

External links

• Media related to Chalepus sanguinicollis at Wikimedia Commons