Anisostena suturalis

Anisostena suturalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Anisostena
Species:
A. suturalis
Binomial name
Anisostena suturalis
(Weise, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Charistena suturalis Weise, 1907

Anisostena suturalis is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America,[1][2][3] where it has been recorded from Arizona and Texas.[4]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3.4โ€“4 mm. They are orangish-yellow with a dark sutural vitta on the elytron.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Anisostena suturalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. ^ "Anisostena suturalis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  3. ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  4. ^ Staines, C. L. (1994). "A revision of the genus Anisostena Weise (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae). Part III. The pilatei species group" (PDF). Insecta Mundi. 8 (3โ€“4): 213โ€“226. ISSN 0749-6737.

Further reading

  • Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 978-83-909804-4-7.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.