Wallacea inornata

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Wallacea inornata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Wallacea
Species:
W. inornata
Binomial name
Wallacea inornata
Gestro, 1892
Synonyms
  • Pistosia inornata

Wallacea inornata is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Indonesia (Enggano, Java, Sumatra) and Malaysia. [1]

Biology

They have been recorded feeding on Calamus ornatus , Eugeissona tristis , Iguanura wallichiana , Oncosperma horridum and Salacca species. [2]

References

  1. Sekerka, L. 2015. Wallacea, Pistosia and Neodownesia: three distinct genera and their tribal placement (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(2): 713–743.
  2. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.