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| Callispa elegans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Callispa |
| Species: | C. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Callispa elegans | |
Callispa elegans is a species of tortoise beetles (insects in the subfamily Cassidinae) found in Southern Asia, with records from Indonesia (Java, Sumatra) and Malaysia.
Biology
[edit]This species has been recorded feeding on Zalacca conferta, Cyrtostachys lacca, Salacca species, Calamus manan, Calamus caesius, Calamus scipionum, Elaeis guineensis, Caryota mitis, Iguanura geonomiformis, Korthalsia rigida, Korthalsia rostrata, Pinanga disticha and Pinanga scortechinii.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Baly, J.S. (1876). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Halticinae". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1876 (3): 433–449. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1876.tb01919.x.
- ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
