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Species Anisostena funesta

Anisostena funesta (Baly) - Anisostena funesta Anisostena funesta Chalepine reared from Paspalum pubiflorum - Anisostena funesta Chalepine reared from Paspalum pubiflorum - Anisostena funesta
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 Anisostena
Species funesta (Anisostena funesta)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anisostena funesta (Baly)
Orig. Comb: Charistena funesta Baly 1885
Range
sc US, AZ (TX-OK-MO, AZ) / Mex. to C. Amer. - Map (1)(2), most records TX-Mex.
Food
Adults collected on crowngrass (Paspalum, Poaceae)(3)(4)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Catalog of the hispines of the World
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.