Asamangulia cuspidata

Asamangulia cuspidata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Asamangulia
Species:
A. cuspidata
Binomial name
Asamangulia cuspidata
Maulik, 1915[1]
Synonyms
  • Asamangulia dreesi Uhmann, 1954

Asamangulia cuspidata is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Afghanistan, India (Bihar, West Bengal), Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Nepal and possibly Saudi Arabia.[2]

Description

Adults have shiny black body, covered with spines.

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Saccharum officinarum, Oryza sativa and Sorghum species.[3] The larvae mine the leaves of their host plant, feeding between the upper and lower epidermis.[4]

References

  1. ^ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  2. ^ Occurrence of hispa Asamangulia cuspidata and its parasitoids in South India
  3. ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Hispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
  4. ^ ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resource