Leptispa

Leptispa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Leptispini
Genus:	Leptispa Baly, 1858 [1]
Synonyms
LeptomorphaGermar, 1842 ParallelispaFairmaire, 1884 Leptispa (Paradownesia)Gestro, 1899 LepthispaWeise, 1911

Leptispa is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. ^[2]

Species

• Leptispa abdominalis Baly, 1858
• Leptispa allardi Baly, 1890
• Leptispa anceyi (Pic, 1924)
• Leptispa angolensis Pic, 1936
• Leptispa angulata Uhmann, 1954
• Leptispa angustata Pic, 1925
• Leptispa angustior Pic, 1951
• Leptispa anu Basu, 1999
• Leptispa arundina Maulik, 1937
• Leptispa atra Gestro, 1917
• Leptispa bambusae Voronova and Zajtsev, 1982
• Leptispa bengalensis Takizawa, 1989
• Leptispa bicolor Pic, 1929
• Leptispa bicornis Spaeth, 1933
• Leptispa bifoveolata Pic, 1951
• Leptispa bouchardi (Gestro, 1906)
• Leptispa clavareuai Weise, 1902
• Leptispa collaris Chen and Yu, 1961
• Leptispa collarti Uhmann, 1936
• Leptispa cornuta Uhmann, 1936
• Leptispa denticulata Achard, 1919
• Leptispa distincta (Gestro, 1908)
• Leptispa donckieri Pic, 1925
• Leptispa filiformis (Germar, 1842)
• Leptispa frontalis Weise, 1903
• Leptispa godwini Baly, 1869
• Leptispa gracilis Péringuey, 1898
• Leptispa graminum Gestro, 1906
• Leptispa grandis Pic, 1937
• Leptispa hova (Gestro, 1908)
• Leptispa impressa Uhmann, 1939
• Leptispa impressicollis Pic, 1939
• Leptispa impressithorax Pic, 1953
• Leptispa inculta Gestro, 1908
• Leptispa intermedia Uhmann, 1949
• Leptispa irregularis Pic, 1951
• Leptispa kanistha Basu, 1999
• Leptispa krishna Basu, 1999
• Leptispa latifrons Weise, 1904
• Leptispa latior Pic, 1925
• Leptispa longipennis (Gestro, 1890)
• Leptispa longissima Pic, 1924
• Leptispa madagassa Weise, 1909
• Leptispa magna Chen and Yu, 1961
• Leptispa malaisei Uhmann, 1939
• Leptispa medvedevi Voronova & Zaitsev, 1982
• Leptispa miwai Chûjô, 1933
• Leptispa miyamotoi Kimoto, 1957
• Leptispa natalensis Baly, 1858
• Leptispa nigra Weise, 1904
• Leptispa notaticollis Pic, 1925
• Leptispa parallela (Gestro, 1899)
• Leptispa perforata Pic, 1925
• Leptispa perroti (Gestro, 1908)
• Leptispa pici Uhmann, 1958
• Leptispa piriformis Uhmann, 1960
• Leptispa punctata Uhmann, 1954
• Leptispa pygmaea Baly, 1858
• Leptispa quadraticollis (Fairmaire, 1884)
• Leptispa ruandana Uhmann, 1942
• Leptispa rufithorax Maulik, 1919
• Leptispa rugifrons Uhmann, 1938
• Leptispa samkirna Maulik, 1919
• Leptispa sebakuena Péringuey, 1908
• Leptispa sobrina Péringuey, 1908
• Leptispa spiculata Demaux, 1973
• Leptispa stigmata Uhmann, 1964
• Leptispa subangustata Pic, 1953
• Leptispa taguchii Chûjô, 1956
• Leptispa tonkinea Pic, 1929
• Leptispa viridis Gressitt, 1950

Selected former species

• Leptispa bicoloripennis Voronova and Zajtzev, 1982

References

1. "Leptispa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
2. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Leptispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 15, 2025.