Platycesta depressa

Platycesta depressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Platycesta
Species:	P. depressa
Binomial name
	Platycesta depressa; (Clark, 1865)
Synonyms
	Monocesta depressaClark, 1865 ; Monocesta nicaraguensisJacoby, 1877 ; Coelomera atrocaeruleaJacoby, 1878 ;

Last updated August 20, 2025

Platycesta depressa is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and northwestern South America.^[1]

References

↑ Part of this text is from “New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)” by Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi, Shwan M. Clark. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license

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[1] Part of this text is from “New World genera of Galerucinae Latreille, 1802 (tribes Galerucini Latreille, 1802, Metacyclini Chapuis, 1875, and Luperini Gistel, 1848): an annotated list and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)” by Keezhpattillam Viswajyothi, Shwan M. Clark. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license

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Taxon identifiers
Platycesta depressa	Wikidata: Q109825198 Wikispecies: Platycesta depressa iNaturalist: 1349049
Monocesta depressa	Wikidata: Q3376755 BioLib: 1183463 BOLD: 921745 GBIF: 10714913 iNaturalist: 861135 NCBI: 2611726