Platycorynus peregrinus

Platycorynus peregrinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Platycorynus
Species:	P. peregrinus
Binomial name
Platycorynus peregrinus (Herbst, 1783)
Synonyms [1] [2]
Cryptocephalus peregrinusHerbst, 1783 Eumolpus cyaneus Olivier, 1808 Corynodes peregrinus Marshall, 1865 Corynodes chapuisi Lefèvre, 1885 Corynodes bonneuili Pic, 1934 Platycorynus major Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961

Platycorynus peregrinus is a species of beetles belonging to the Chrysomelidae family.

Description

Platycorynus peregrinus can reach a length of 9–11.5 millimetres (0.35–0.45 in) and a width of 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in). The body is usually metallic blue, sometimes blue-black or blue-violet.

This leaf eating beetle is primarily herbivorous and secondarily graminivorous. The preferred host plants are the very toxic Calotropis procera , various Digitaria species and some plants of economic importance (e.g. Solanum melongena , Hibiscus esculentus , Abelmoschus esculentus , Lycopersicon esculentum and Solanum tuberosum ).

Distribution

This species can be found in Pakistan, ^[3] India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, SW China and Malaysia.

References

1. Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN   978-87-88757-84-2.
2. Kimoto, S.; Gressitt, J. L. (1982). "Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae" (PDF). Esakia. 18: 1–141. doi:10.5109/2421. hdl:2324/2421. S2CID   83265328.
3. Nadein, K.; Ahmed, Z.; Sergeev, M. (2012). "Distributional notes on Chrysomelidae from Pakistan and Afghanistan (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Beiträge zur Entomologie. 62 (1): S225 –S233.

• Jolivet, Pierre; Verma, Krishna K. (2008). "Eumolpinae – a widely distributed and much diversified subfamily of leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews. 1 (1): 3–37. doi:10.1163/187498308X345424.
• Purushottam Prasad, Singh, B. K. Studies on the food and food preference in Platycorynus peregrinus