Trichispa
| Trichispa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Hispini |
| Genus: | Trichispa Chapuis, 1875 |
| Species: | T. sericea |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichispa sericea (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trichispa is a monotypic genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. The only species is Trichispa sericea.[1] The species is found in Southern Africa,[1] where it has been recorded from Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zaire.
Life history
[edit]The recorded host plants for this species are Oryza sativa, Chloris virgata, Echinochloa holubii, Eragrostis aethiopica, Eragrostis heteromera, Digitaria zeyheri and Diplachne fusca.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Trichispa Chapuis, 1875". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Hispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 13, 2025.