Eurypepla

This article is about a genus of tortoise beetles. Eurypepla is also a synonym for a genus of moths, Halone.

Eurypepla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Tribe:	Ischyrosonychini
Genus:	Eurypepla Boheman, 1854

Eurypepla is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least four described species in Eurypepla. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These four species belong to the genus Eurypepla:

• Eurypepla brevilineata Boheman, 1854 ^{i c g}
• Eurypepla calochroma (Blake, 1965) ^{i c g [5]}
• Eurypepla jamaicensis (Linnaeus, 1758) ^{i c g}
• Eurypepla vitrea Boheman, 1854 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net

References

1. "Eurypepla Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
2. "Browse Eurypepla". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
3. "Eurypepla". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
4. Staines, C.L. "Catalog of the hispines of the World". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
5. Chaboo, C.S. 2004. Natural history observations in Eurypepla calochroma Blake (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Physonotini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 58(1):142–143.

Further reading

• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN   83-909804-4-4.