Sumitrosis ancoroides

Sumitrosis ancoroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Sumitrosis
Species:	S. ancoroides
Binomial name
Sumitrosis ancoroides (Schaeffer, 1933)
Synonyms [1]
Anoplitis ancoroides Schaeffer, 1933

Sumitrosis ancoroides is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America, ^{[1] [2] [3]} where it has been recorded from Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan) and the United States (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 2.9-3.7 mm. The antennae are black. The lateral margins of the pronotum have a black vitta and a black somewhat V-shaped marking. The suture of the elytra is partly bluish black and there is a small anchor-shaped spot, as well as three small black spots. ^[4]

Biology

The recorded food plants are Strophostyles helvola , Strophostyles umbellata , Stylosanthes biflora and Glycine max . ^[5]

References

1. "Sumitrosis ancoroides Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Sumitrosis ancoroides". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Sumitrosis ancoroides species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. Butte, Janardhan G. (1969). "Revision of the tribe Chalepini of America North of Mexico IV. Genus Sumitrosis Butte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 77 (1): 25–53. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
5. 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.

Further reading

• Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN   978-83-909804-4-7.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.