Luperosoma marginatum

Luperosoma marginatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Luperosoma
Species:	L. marginatum
Binomial name
	Luperosoma marginatum; Jacoby, 1891

Last updated August 26, 2025

Luperosoma marginatum is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Ecuador.^[1]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3-3.5 mm. Adults are pale yellow-brown. There is a dark brown median area on the pronotum and the elytron has a brown median vitta in some specimens, while in others this vitta is so pale that is nearly invisible.^[2]

References

↑ Part of this text is from “New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)” by Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi, Shwan M. Clark. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license
↑ A review of some Galerucine beetles with excised middle tibiae in the male

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[1] Part of this text is from “New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)” by Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi, Shwan M. Clark. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license

[2] A review of some Galerucine beetles with excised middle tibiae in the male

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