Oxyroplata bellicosa

Oxyroplata bellicosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Oxyroplata
Species:	O. bellicosa
Binomial name
Oxyroplata bellicosa (Baly, 1885)
Synonyms
Uroplata bellicosaBaly, 1885

Oxyroplata bellicosa is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.

Description

The head is rather strongly produced between the eyes and the vertex and front are deeply impressed on either side with a longitudinal groove. There is a small obscure fulvous patch on the hinder border of the eye, and one on the anterior portion of the front. The antennae are rigid, half the length of the body, compressed and attenuated towards the apex, the latter acute. The elytron has ten (at the base with eleven) regular rows of punctures, the second, fourth, and eighth interspaces costate. ^[1]

Biology

They have been recorded feeding on Banisteria argentea . ^[2]

References

1. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta (Coleoptera) Vol. VI. part 2 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
2. 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.