Dactylispa xanthopus

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Dactylispa xanthopus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Dactylispa
Species:
D. xanthopus
Binomial name
Dactylispa xanthopus
(Gestro, 1898) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hispa xanthopusGestro, 1898
  • Dactylispa vitalisiGestro, 1920
  • Dactylispa corpulentaUhmann, 1927

Dactylispa xanthopus is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Bangladesh, India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Rubus floribunda paniculata , Rubus innominatus and Rubus swinhoei . [2]

References

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  2. 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.