Plesispa hagensis

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Plesispa hagensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Plesispa
Species:
P. hagensis
Binomial name
Plesispa hagensis
Gressitt, 1960 [1]

Plesispa hagensis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in north-eastern New Guinea.

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.75 mm. They are pale ochraceous to pitchy black. The head is black, tinged with reddish anteriorly and pitchy reddish posteriorly and beneath. The antennae are black, tinged with pitchy red basally and with reddish brown on the distal area. The elytra are pitchy black, but reddish at the base. [2]

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Heterospathe species. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  2. ↑ Gressitt, J.L. (1960). "Papuan-West Polynesian Hispine Beetles" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 2 (1). Entomology Department, Bishop Museum: 518–530. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  3. ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Cryptonychini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
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