Platypria erinaceus

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Platypria erinaceus
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P. erinaceus
Binomial name
Platypria erinaceus
(Fabricius, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Hispa erinaceusFabricius, 1801
  • Platypria andrewesiWeise, 1904

Platypria (Platypria) erinaceus, is a species of leaf beetle native to India and Sri Lanka. [1] [2]

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Description

Antenna thick, which is not extending beyond scutellum over pronotum. [3]

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 . [3] [4]

It has observed that chalcid wasps lay their eggs on the late larval instars of the beetle. [3]

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References

  1. "ON THE COLLECTION OF HISPINAE (COLEOPTERA : CHRYSOMELIDAE) PRESEERVED IN THE ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, CALCUTTA". CiteSeerX   10.1.1.893.6766 .{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  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. 1 2 3 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. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1031.60129 . Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  4. 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.