Probaenia tricolor
| Probaenia tricolor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Probaenia |
| Species: | P. tricolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Probaenia tricolor Pic, 1927
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Probaenia tricolor is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in South America.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7 mm. Adults are testaceous. The elytron is marked with red and yellow, laterally at the shoulders, in the middle and before the apex decorated with black-metallic.[1]
Biology
The food plant is unknown.[2]
References
- ^ Pic, M. (1927). "Coléoptères du Globe" (PDF). Mélanges exotico-entomologiques. 50: 1–36. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
- ^ 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.