Cyclantispa gracilis

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Cyclantispa gracilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Cyclantispa
Species:
C. gracilis
Binomial name
Cyclantispa gracilis
(Baly, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Homalispa gracilisBaly, 1885

Cyclantispa gracilis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. [1]

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Description

The antennae are half the length of the body, filiform and attenuated at the base and the apex. The thorax is transversely convex, the sides nearly straight, scarcely converging from the base to beyond the middle, then rounded and converging to the apex. The anterior angle is produced and obtuse and the apical margin is truncate. The disc is smooth and shining, impunctate and impressed at the base with a few distinct punctures. The elytra are oblong and regularly punctate-striate. [2]

Biology

This species has been observed living in the closed youngest leaves of Cyclanthus bipartitus . [3]

References

  1. ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Imatidiini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  2. ↑ Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta (Coleoptera) Vol. VI. part 2 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. ↑ Sekerka, L. (2014). "Review of Imatidiini genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 54 (1): 257–314. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
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