Dicladispa

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Dicladispa
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Dicladispa testacea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Hispini
Genus: Dicladispa
Gestro, 1897
Synonyms [1]
  • Brachispa Gestro, 1906
  • Decispa Uhmann, 1928
  • Eutrichispa Gestro, 1923
  • Cirrispa Uhmann 1940

Dicladispa is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae; [1] it was erected by Raffaello Gestro in 1897. [2]

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The species of this genus are found in Africa, Southern Europe and Southeastern Asia. [1] D. armigera is the "rice hispa": an agricultural pest.

Species

The following are included in BioLib.cz: [3]

Unplaced taxa

Fossil species

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dicladispa Gestro, 1897". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  2. Gestro R (1897) Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, 38.
  3. BioLib.cz: genus Dicladispa Gestro, 1897 (retrieved 12 August 2025)