Dactylispa spinulosa
| Dactylispa spinulosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Dactylispa |
| Species: | D. spinulosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Dactylispa spinulosa (Gyllenhal, 1817)[1]
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Dactylispa spinulosa is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda.
Life history
The recorded host plants for this species are Setaria sphacelata, Sporobolus pyramidalis, Panicum maximum, Loudetia arundinacea, Loudetia simulans, Urelytrum giganteum, Imperata cylindrica, Jussiaea repens and Rottboellia exaltata.[2]
References
- ^ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ^ 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.