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Species Stenispa metallica

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)
Tribe Imatidiini
Genus Stenispa
Species metallica (Stenispa metallica)
Explanation of Names
Stenispa metallica (Fabricius 1801)
Size
5.3-5.6 mm(1)
Identification
the only unicolorous Stenispa in our area(1)
Range
e US (NY-FL to SD-TX) & Mexico(2)(3)
Food
Larvae reared from Scirpus atrovirens, adults coll. from other sedges as well. (Cyperaceae)(4)(1)
Life Cycle
Unique among N. Amer. hispines, Stenispa larvae feed externally on the leaf (but within the leaf sheath) and pupate within the last larval skin(1)
See Also
The other Nearctic Stenispa, S. collaris, has a red pronotum (1).
Works Cited
1.The Hispine Beetles of America North of Mexico (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
Charles L. Staines. 2006. 2006. Virginia Museum of Natural History, in association with the Smithsonian Institution.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae
Barney R.J., Clark S.M., Riley E.G. 2007. J. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 68: 132-144.
4.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.