| Demotispa panamensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Demotispa |
| Species: | D. panamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Demotispa panamensis (Borowiec, 2000) | |
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Demotispa panamensis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Panama. [1]
Adults reach a length of about 4.5-4.6 mm. They have a yellow head and legs, while the pronotal disc is argillaceous-red and the elytral disc and inner part of the margin of the elytra are red. The six basal segments of the antennae are yellow, segments 7-10 are black and segment 11 is yellow with an infuscate base.
The recorded host plants for this species are Chamaedorea wenlandiana and Oenocarpus panamanus . [2]
The species is named after the type location, Panama. [3]