Promecotheca ptychospermae

Promecotheca ptychospermae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Promecotheca
Species:
P. ptychospermae
Binomial name
Promecotheca ptychospermae
Maulik, 1935[1]

Promecotheca ptychospermae is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found on the Solomon Islands (Ulawa).[2]

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

References

  1. ^ "Promecotheca ptychospermae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  2. ^ a b 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.