Callispa octopunctata

Callispa octopunctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Callispini
Genus: Callispa
Species:
C. octopunctata
Binomial name
Callispa octopunctata
Baly, 1858
Synonyms
  • Callispa octopunctata sexmaculata Weise, 1905

Callispa octopunctata is a species of leaf beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]

Description

Body length is about 4.50 to 5.75 mm. Body slightly elongate and oblong. Head, prothorax and elytra are reddish brown in color. Eyes are oval. Antennae about 1.60 to 2.10 mm long. The first antennal segment is reddish brown, and other segments are dark brown. Prothorax length is about 0.08 to 1.20, mm. Pronotal disc with four longitudinal depressions. Scutellum pentagonal. Elytral length is about 3.20 to 3.90 mm. Elytra oblong with eight rows of punctures at each elytron base. There are six black spots on elytra. Hind wings which are small and brown are about 5.00 mm long. Legs are elongated. Legs and ventrum are yellowish brown.[4]

Indian population is elevated to subspecies level as Callispa octopunctata sexmaculata Weise, 1905. Body length is 4.30 to 5.25 mm. Head, prothorax and elytra are brown in color. Total length of antennae is 2.00 to 2.20 mm. Eyes are circular. Prothorax is 0.90 to 1.00 mm long. Elytral length is 3.50 to 3.75 mm. Hind wings length is 4.50 mm.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Tribe Callispini Chapuis 1875" (PDF). naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  2. ^ Kimoto, Shinsaku (2003). "The Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) collected by Dr. Akio Otake, on the occasion of his entomological survey in Sri Lanka from 1973 to 1975". Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Series A (Natural History). 1: 23–43. doi:10.34522/kmnh.1.0_23. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  3. ^ "Sceloenopla octopunctata (Baly, 1858)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  4. ^ a b "Taxonomic studies on some species of the genus' Callispa'baly (Hispinae, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera) of the Oriental region" (PDF). spiral.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-26.

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