Eurispa fraterna

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Eurispa fraterna
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Eurispa
Species:
E. fraterna
Binomial name
Eurispa fraterna
Blackburn, 1892 [1]

Eurispa fraterna is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Australia (Northern Territories, Queensland).

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Description

Adults are similar to Eurispa major , but differ from it by their smaller size, colouring, less coarse prothoracic punctuation, elytral interstices scarcely convex anteriorly, and especially by the almost truncate base of its prothorax. [2]

Life history

No host plant has been documented for this species. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  2. ↑ Blackburn, T. 1892. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. XI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15: 20–73.
  3. ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Eurispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
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