Stenispa collaris

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Stenispa collaris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Stenispa
Species:
S. collaris
Binomial name
Stenispa collaris
Baly, 1858 [1]

Stenispa collaris, the bicolored smooth hispine, is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in the United States (Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas).

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Description

Adults are narrowly elongate, cylindrical and shining black, while the thorax is bright red and the elytra are cupreo-aeneous. [2]

Life history

No host plant has been documented for this species, but adults have been collected under dry leaves beneath Salix species. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  2. ↑ Catalogue of Hispidae in the collection of the British museum PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Imatidiini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
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