Dactylispa albopilosa
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| Dactylispa albopilosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Dactylispa |
| Species: | D. albopilosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Dactylispa albopilosa (Gestro, 1890) | |
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Dactylispa albopilosa is a species of leaf beetle found in India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal), Sri Lanka, Nepal,[1][2][3][4] Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar.
It is a pest of Sorghum bicolor,[5] but has also been recorded from Sorghum vulgare, Prunus and Guaiacum species, as well as Zea mays and Andropogon sorghum.[6]