Enischnispa daemonoropa

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Enischnispa daemonoropa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Enischnispa
Species:
E. daemonoropa
Binomial name
Enischnispa daemonoropa
Gressitt, 1963 [1]

Enischnispa daemonoropa is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in south-western New Guinea.

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 4.25 mm. [2] They are shiny black to pitchy black with pale legs. [3]

Biology

The recorded food plants are Daemonorops species. [4]

References

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  2. Gressitt, J. L.; Samuelson, G. A. (1990). "Hispinae of the New Guinea-Solomons Area. II. Tribe Coelaenomenoderini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 30: 259–278. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  3. Gressitt, J.L. (1963). "Hispine beetles (Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 5 (3). Entomology Department, Bishop Museum: 591–714. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  4. Staines, C. L. (2015). "Tribe Coelaenomenoderini" (PDF). Catalog of the Hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Retrieved 19 September 2025.