Xanthispa cimicoides

Xanthispa cimicoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Xanthispa
Species:	X. cimicoides
Binomial name
Xanthispa cimicoides (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
Synonyms
Cephaloleia cimicoidesGuérin-Méneville, 1844 Homalispa cimicoides

Xanthispa cimicoides is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in French Guiana. ^[1]

Description

The thorax is narrowed from its base to the apex, with the side straight and margined and with the anterior angles obsolete. The elytra are pale testaceous, slightly convex, subdepressed above, sinuate below the shoulders, deeply punctate-striate. The side margin is slightly dilated, more especially in front, where its outer edge is indistinctly reflexed. ^[2]

Life history

No host plant has been documented for this species, but it is thought to be associated with Arecaceae species. ^[3]

References

1. 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.
2. Catalogue of Hispidae in the collection of the British museum This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Sekerka, L. (2014). "Review of Imatidiini genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 54 (1): 257–314. Retrieved September 7, 2025.