Aspidimorpha quinquefasciata

Aspidimorpha quinquefasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Genus: Aspidimorpha
Species: A. quinquefasciata
Binomial name
Aspidimorpha quinquefasciata
(Fabricius, 1801)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cassida quinquefasciata Fabricius, 1801
  • Cassida pectoralis Olivier, 1808
  • Aspidomorpha principalis Spaeth, 1932

Aspidimorpha quinquefasciata is a species of beetles belonging to the Chrysomelidae family.

Distribution

This species has its origines in Africa where it is known from Cameroon, Centrafrique, Congo, Chad, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo but also from several islands as São Tomé and Príncipe, Madagascar and La Réunion.[2]

It was introduced to New Caledonia in 2008.[3]

Biology

The larvae feed on leaves of Convolvulaceae, Ipomoea batatas (Sweet potatoes).

References

  1. ↑ zipcodezoo.com Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ www.biol.uni.wroc.pl
  3. ↑ (in French) Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes - Les patates douces en danger (01 avril 2012) Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.


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