Sumitrosis pallescens

Sumitrosis pallescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Sumitrosis
Species:	S. pallescens
Binomial name
Sumitrosis pallescens (Baly, 1885)
Synonyms
Chalepus pallescensBaly, 1885 Chalepus jansoniBaly, 1885

Sumitrosis pallescens is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. ^{[1] [2]} It is found in Central America and North America, ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} where it has been recorded from the United States (Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia), Costa Rica, Mexico (Guerrero, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), ^[6] Nicaragua and Panama.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3.1-3.5 mm. The pronotum and elytra are pale yellow, the latter with a some piceous spots towards the apex. ^[7]

Biology

The recorded food plant is Chamaecrista fasciculata , while adults have been collected on Chamaecrista nictitans . ^[8]

References

1. "Sumitrosis pallescens Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
2. "Sumitrosis pallescens Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
3. White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
4. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Mike Quinn. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
5. "Staines C.L. (2011). "Catalog of the hispines of the World"". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
6. Mexican leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, and Chrysomelidae): new records and checklist
7. 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.
8. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 August 2025.

• Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.