Brontispa mariana
| Brontispa mariana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Brontispa |
| Species: | B. mariana |
| Binomial name | |
| Brontispa mariana Spaeth, 1937 | |
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Brontispa mariana is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Micronesia (Caroline Islands, Rota, Saipan, Tinian, Truk, Yap).
Life history
[edit]The recorded host plants for this species are Cocos nucifera and Areca catechu.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Sekerka, Lukáš, Jia, Fenglong, Pang, Hong & Borowiec, Lech, 2016, Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) types deposited at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Zootaxa 4084 (1), pp. 50-78
- ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Cryptonychini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 23, 2025.