Oediopalpa guerinii

Oediopalpa guerinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Oediopalpa
Species:	O. guerinii
Binomial name
Oediopalpa guerinii Baly, 1858 [1]
Synonyms
Amplipalpa guerini

Oediopalpa guerinii is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Brazil (Para), Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.

Description

Adults are elongate and parallel. The head and antennae are black, the latter subfiliform. The thorax is transverse, shining testaceous above and below, with a black narrow patch on the apical margin above, the sides reflexed, straight at their base, then to the apex regularly rounded. The basal margin is deeply sinuate on either side and the medial lobe is broad and obtuse. The posterior angles are very acute, above convex, smooth and shining, distantly punctured. The scutellum is smooth and impunctate. The elytra are shining metallic blue, rather broader than the thorax, the sides parallel, narrowly margined and the apex acutely rounded. ^[2]

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Chusquea species, as well as Panicum maximum and Oryza sativa . ^[3]

References

1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System
2. Catalogue of Hispidae in the collection of the British museum This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Spilophorini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 23, 2025.