Callispa pita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Chrysomeloidea
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Genus:
Callispa
Species:
C. pita
Binomial name
Callispa pita
Maulik, 1919

Callispa pita, is a species of leaf beetle found in Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]

Description

Body length is about 5.00 mm. Body small, elongate and yellowish brown. Eyes are prominent and black. Antennae black. Prothorax length is about 1.00 mm. Scutellum semicircular. Elytral length is about 3.50 mm. Elytra oblong with eight rows of punctures at each elytron base. Hind wings which are very small and transparent are about 4.00 mm long. Tarsi dark brown. Legs and ventrum are brown.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Callispa pita Maulik, 1919". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  2. ↑ "Tribe Callispini Chapuis 1875" (PDF). naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  3. ↑ 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). pp. 23–43. doi:10.34522/kmnh.1.0_23. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  4. ↑ "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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