Lycoidispa explanata

Lycoidispa explanata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Lycoidispa
Species:	L. explanata
Binomial name
Lycoidispa explanata (Chapuis, 1877) [1]
Synonyms
Odontota explanataChapuis, 1877 Pentispa explanata

Lycoidispa explanata is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico (Oaxaca, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), ^[2] Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Venezuela.

Description

The head has an aeneous tinge. The vertex is trisulcate and the lateral grooves are deeply impressed, the apex of the clypeus produced into a transverse bifid plate. The antennae are rather more than half the length of the body. The thorax is transverse, subconic, the sides converging from the base to the apex, slightly bisinuate. It is transversely convex, flattened and excavated on the hinder disc, coarsely punctured. There is a broad fulvous bicallose impunctate vitta on either side. The elytra are gradually increasing in width towards the apex, the sides finely serrulate, the apical margin dilated, more strongly serrate, broadly subquadrate emarginate at the sutural angle. Each elytron has eight regular rows of punctures, the second interspace strongly costate. ^[3]

Biology

The recorded food plants are Pithecoctenium species. ^[4]

References

1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System
2. Mexican leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, and Chrysomelidae): new records and checklist
3. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta (Coleoptera) Vol. VI. part 2 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
4. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.