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Species Pentispa distincta

Pentispa distincta (Baly) - Pentispa distincta

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 Chalepini

Genus Pentispa

Species distincta (Pentispa distincta)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pentispa distincta (Baly)

Orig. Comb: Uroplata distincta Baly 1886

Numbers

4 spp. n. of Mex. (1)(2)

Size

length is ca. 4.5 to 5.2 mm (3)

Range

southmost TX (Cameron Co.) to C. Amer. - Map (3)(4)

Season

Number of compiled Texas collecting events by month:

March (3), April (1), May (4), October (9). (3)

Food

Adults coll'ed from Tamaulipa azurea [=Eupatorium azureum] (Asteraceae) in southern Texas. Leaf-mining hispine larvae, presumably belonging to this sp., were found asso. w/ the adults (5)

Range of T. azurea (6)

Remarks

Texas considers this to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (7)

Print References

Baly, J.S. 1885. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera, Hispidae, vol. 6, pt. 2, London. pp. 73-124, pl 4.

Riley, E.G. & J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (3)

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

2.	Pentispa sallaei (Baly) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Chalepini) established in Florida, w. 1st report of a host plant Schnepp, K.E, E.G. Riley. 2021. Coleopterists Bulletin 75(1): 256-258.

3.	Element record datasheets, submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. Riley E.G., King J.E. 2009.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	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.

6.	North American Plant Atlas (NAPA)

7.	Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 April, 2009 - 2:14pm
Last updated 4 April, 2021 - 5:04am

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