Promecotheca cyanipes

Promecotheca cyanipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Promecotheca
Species:
P. cyanipes
Binomial name
Promecotheca cyanipes
(Erichson, 1834)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hispa cyanipes Erichson, 1834
  • Hispa (Strophosoma) flava Desmarest, 1841
  • Promecotheca scorpio Thomson, 1856

Promecotheca cyanipes is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in China and the Philippines (Bucas, Luzon, Mindanao, Panaon, Panay, Polillo, Tawi).

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Cocos species.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Promecotheca cyanipes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  2. ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Promecothecini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 17, 2025.