Xenispa elegans

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Xenispa elegans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Xenispa
Species:
X. elegans
Binomial name
Xenispa elegans
(Baly, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Demotispa elegansUhmann, 1930

Xenispa elegans is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Ecuador.

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Biology

The food plant is unknown. [1]

Taxonomy

Xenispa elegans was synonymized with Xenispa cyanipennis by Spaeth in 1938. However, it was removed from synonymy based on the colour of the antennae, which are uniform yellow in cyanipennis, while they are bicolorous in elegans. Furthermore, elegans has coarser punctation and is somewhat narrower. [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 September 19, 2025.
  2. ↑ Sekerka, L. (2014). "Review of Imatidiini genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 54 (1): 257–314. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
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