Pentispa melanura

Pentispa melanura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Pentispa
Species:	P. melanura
Binomial name
Pentispa melanura (Chapuis, 1877)
Synonyms
Uroplata (Pentispa) melanuraChapuis, 1877 Microrhopala dimidiataHorn, 1883

Pentispa melanura is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America, ^{[1] [2] [3]} where it has been recorded from the United States (Texas), Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico and Nicaragua.

Biology

Although the food plant is unknown, adults have been collected on Viguiera dentata , Verbesina microptera and Verbesina virginica . ^[4]

References

1. "Pentispa melanura Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Pentispa melanura". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Pentispa melanura species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
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.

Further reading

• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN   978-83-909804-4-7.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.