Platypria erinaceus

Platypria erinaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Platypria
Species:	P. erinaceus
Binomial name
Platypria erinaceus (Fabricius, 1801)
Synonyms
Hispa erinaceusFabricius, 1801 Platypria andrewesiWeise, 1904 Platypria erinaceus bengalensisGestro, 1897

Platypria (Platypria) erinaceus, is a species of leaf beetle native to India (Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Punjab, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka, ^{[1] [2]} Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. ^[3]

Description

The antenna are thick. ^[4]

Biology

It is found in wide varieties of host plants including: Desmodium gangeticum , Erythrina , Pueraria tuberosa , Oryza sativa , Saccharum officinarum , Ziziphus jujuba , Ziziphus mauritiana and Ziziphus nummularia . ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "ON THE COLLECTION OF HISPINAE (COLEOPTERA : CHRYSOMELIDAE) PRESEERVED IN THE ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, CALCUTTA". Records of the Zoological Survey of India. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.893.6766 .
2. Mann, J. S.; Crowson, R. A. (1983). "On the Occurrence of Mid-Gut Caeca, and Organs of Symbiont Transmission, in Leaf-Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 37 (1): 1–15. JSTOR   4008097 . Retrieved 2021-09-21.
3. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Hispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
4. Ranade, Sachin; Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal Divakaran; Ghate, Hemant V.; Chaboo, Caroline S. (2021-04-14). "Natural history of Platypria (Platypria) hystrix (Fabricius, 1798) on Fabaceae host plants, with notes on other Platypria species in India (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Hispini)". ZooKeys (1031): 59–84. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1031...59R. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1031.60129 . PMC   9848903 . PMID   36761859 . Retrieved 2021-09-21.
5. Dhileepan, K. (2017). "Biological control of Ziziphus mauritiana (Rhamnaceae): feasibility, prospective agents and research gaps" . Annals of Applied Biology. 170 (3): 287–300. doi:10.1111/aab.12338. S2CID   90069742 . Retrieved 2021-09-21.