Pachnephoptrus

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Pachnephoptrus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Pachnephoptrus
Reitter, 1892
Type species
Pachnephoptrus weisei
Reitter, 1892
Synonyms [1]

Pachnephoptrus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. [3] The genus includes four species; one of them, P. weisei , is distributed from the Transcaucasus to Central Asia, while the other three are found in the Himalayas. [4]

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Species

Host plants

P. weisei has been reported on plants of the genus Astragalus (Fabaceae), while P. squamosus has been reported attacking young leaves of pear trees in an orchard in Shimla, India. [5] [7]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Jacoby, M. (1895). "Descriptions of the new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Mr Andrewes in India". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 39: 252–288.
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  5. 1 2 Bryant, G. E. (1922). "New Injurious Phytophaga from India and Brazil". Bulletin of Entomological Research (published 31 January 1923). 13 (3): 261–265. doi:10.1017/S0007485300045338.
  6. Papp, C.S. (1951). "Some new Phytophaga from South-America and India (42d Contribution to the knowledge of the Chrysomelidae)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 93: 131–133.
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