Dactylispa spinigera
Species of beetle
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Dactylispa spinigera is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Cameroon, Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
| Dactylispa spinigera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Dactylispa |
| Species: | D. spinigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Dactylispa spinigera (Gyllenhal, 1817)[1] | |
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Life history
The recorded host plant for this species is Oryza sativa.[2]