Spilophorini

Spilophorini
Spilophora trigemina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Spilophorini Chapuis, 1875
Synonyms
Amplipalpini Weise, 1910 Oediopalpini Monrós and Viana, 1947

The Neotropical tortoise beetle tribe Spilophorini comprises only few genera, including Calyptocephala Chevrolat, 1836 (12 species) and Spilophora Boheman, 1850 (18 species). ^[1] Biological information is limited but the life cycle includes six larval instars (contrasting with five instars in other tortoisebeetles) and the larvae construct a shield of their cast skins (exuviae, exoskeleton). ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Genera

• Calyptocephala Chevrolat, 1836
• Cladispa Baly, 1858
• Oediopalpa Baly, 1858
• Spilophora Boheman, 1850

References

1. Borowiec L, and J. Świętojańska. 2002–2021. World Catalog of Cassidinae, Wrocław, Poland. URL http://www.cassidae.uni.wroc.pl/katalog%20internetowy/index.htm
2. Chaboo, C.S., S. Adam, K. Nishida, L. Schletzbaum. 2023. Architecture, construction, retention, and repair of fecal shields in three tribes of tortoise beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Cassidinae: Cassidini, Mesomphaliini, Spilophorini). ZooKeys Special Issue, Research on Chrysomelidae 9. ZooKeys 1177: 87–146. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1177.102600
3. Córdova-Ballona, L. & S. Sánchez-Soto. 2008. Bionomics data and descriptions of the immatures of Calyptocephala gerstaeckeri Boheman (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pest of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis J.) and camedor palm (Chamaedorea elegans Mart.) (Arecaceae) in Tabasco, Mexico. Neotropical Entomology 37(6):674–680.
4. Nishida, K., L. Ferrufino-Acosta, & C.S. Chaboo. 2020. A new host plant family for Cassidinae s.l.: Calyptocephala attenuata (Spaeth, 1919) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Spilophorini) on Smilax (Smilacaceae) in Costa Rica. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 96(4): 263–267.

External links

• Media related to Spilophorini at Wikimedia Commons