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Promecotheca cyanipes

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Promecotheca cyanipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Promecotheca
Species:
P. cyanipes
Binomial name
Promecotheca cyanipes
(Erichson, 1834)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hispa cyanipes Erichson, 1834
  • Hispa (Strophosoma) flava Desmarest, 1841
  • Promecotheca scorpio Thomson, 1856

Promecotheca cyanipes is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in China and the Philippines (Bucas, Luzon, Mindanao, Panaon, Panay, Polillo, Tawi).

Life history

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The recorded host plants for this species are Cocos species.[2]

References

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  1. "Promecotheca cyanipes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  2. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Promecothecini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 17, 2025.