Dactylispa albopilosa

Dactylispa albopilosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Dactylispa
Species:	D. albopilosa
Binomial name
Dactylispa albopilosa (Gestro, 1890)
Synonyms
Hispa albopilosaGestro, 1888 Hispa discicollisGestro, 1890 Dactylispa discicollis Dactylispa kamarupaMaulik, 1919 Hispa maculataGestro, 1890 Dactylispa maculata Dactylispa sororWeise, 1897

Dactylispa albopilosa is a species of leaf beetle found in India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal), Sri Lanka, Nepal, ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar.

It is a pest of Sorghum bicolor ^[5] , but has also been recorded from Sorghum vulgare , Prunus and Guaiacum species, as well as Zea mays and Andropogon sorghum . ^[6]

References

1. "On the Collection of Hispinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Preserved in the Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta" (PDF). CiteSeerX   10.1.1.893.6766 . Retrieved August 17, 2023.
2. "Dactylispa albopilosa (Gestro, 1888)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
3. Radhakrishnan, N. (1954). "Occurrence of growth rings on the otoliths of the Indian whiting, Sillago sihama (Forskal)". Current Science. pp. 196–197. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
4. "Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Dactylispa Weise, 1897 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae)" (PDF). zobodat. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
5. "Leaf mining Coleoptera of the Indian subcontinent-Indian Journals". www.indianjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
6. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Hispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 3, 2025.