Brontispa sacchari
| Brontispa sacchari | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Brontispa |
| Species: | B. sacchari
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| Binomial name | |
| Brontispa sacchari Gressitt, 1960
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Brontispa sacchari is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in New Guinea.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7 mm. They are pale reddish brown with pitchy blackish along the median line of the pronotum, continuing across the scutellum and along the elytral suture. The antenna and head are blackish to pitchy reddish.[1]
Life history
The recorded host plants for this species are Saccharum and Eulalia species, as well as small sedges (Cyperaceae).[2]
References
- ^ Gressitt, J.L. (1960). "Papuan-West Polynesian Hispine Beetles" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 2 (1). Entomology Department, Bishop Museum: 518–530. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
- ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Cryptonychini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 23, 2025.