Pentispa sanguinipennis

Pentispa sanguinipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Pentispa
Species:	P. sanguinipennis
Binomial name
Pentispa sanguinipennis (Baly, 1886) [1]
Synonyms
Uroplata sanguinipennisBaly, 1886

Pentispa sanguinipennis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Panama.

Description

The vertex and front are quadrisulcate, with the outer grooves ill defined. The antennae are half the length of the body and very slightly thickened towards the apex, and moderately compressed. The thorax is transverse, the sides angulate and bisinuate. The upper surface is coarsely and deeply punctured, transversely excavated on the hinder disc. The elytra are subparallel, very slightly dilated from the base towards the apex, the latter obtusely rounded, broadly and slightly emarginate at the suture, the lateral margin obsoletely, the apical one strongly and irregularly, serrate. Each elytron has eight rows of deep, transverse punctures, the second, third, fourth, and fifth interspaces elevated, the first and sixth less distinctly thickened. ^[2]

Biology

The food plant is unknown. ^[3]

References

1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System
2. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta (Coleoptera) Vol. VI. part 2 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. 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.