Xenispa

Xenispa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Imatidiini
Genus:	Xenispa Baly, 1858 [1]

Xenispa is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae.

Species

• Xenispa aeneipennis
• Xenispa argentina
• Xenispa atra
• Xenispa baeri
• Xenispa bahiana
• Xenispa bicolorata
• Xenispa boliviana
• Xenispa carinata
• Xenispa collaris
• Xenispa columbica
• Xenispa consobrina
• Xenispa costaricensis
• Xenispa cyanipennis
• Xenispa elegans
• Xenispa exigua
• Xenispa fallaciosa
• Xenispa fouquei
• Xenispa fulvimana
• Xenispa garleppi
• Xenispa germaini
• Xenispa gilvipes
• Xenispa grayella
• Xenispa ovatula
• Xenispa plaumanni
• Xenispa pulchella
• Xenispa pygidialis
• Xenispa romani
• Xenispa scutellaris
• Xenispa sulcicollis
• Xenispa testaceicornis
• Xenispa tibialis
• Xenispa tricolor
• Xenispa uhmanni
• Xenispa zikani

Taxonomy

It was long treated as a synonym of Demotispa and later Parimatidium , but was restored to genus status in 2014. ^[2]

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 August 26, 2025.
2. Taxonomic changes within Imatidiini and Hybosispini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)