Chelobasis bicolor

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Chelobasis bicolor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Chelobasis
Species:
C. bicolor
Binomial name
Chelobasis bicolor
Gray, 1832
Synonyms
  • Chelobasis bicolor acutangulaWeise, 1910

Chelobasis bicolor is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama.

Biology

They have been recorded feeding on Musa and Heliconia species, including Heliconia latispatha , Heliconia tortuosa , Heliconia catheta , Heliconia imbricata , Heliconia irrasa , Heliconia mariae , Heliconia pogonantha , Heliconia wagneriana , Heliconia stricta and Heliconia uxpanapensis , as well as Calathea latifolia . [1]

References

  1. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.