Probaenia tricolor

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Probaenia tricolor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Probaenia
Species:
P. tricolor
Binomial name
Probaenia tricolor
Pic, 1927

Probaenia tricolor is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in South America.

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 7 mm. Adults are testaceous. The elytron is marked with red and yellow, laterally at the shoulders, in the middle and before the apex decorated with black-metallic. [1]

Biology

The food plant is unknown. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Pic, M. (1927). "Coléoptères du Globe" (PDF). Mélanges exotico-entomologiques. 50: 1–36. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
  2. ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
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