Exothispa
Species of beetle
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Exothispa is the sole genus of Afican leaf beetles in the tribe Exothispini Weise, 1911.[2]
| Exothispa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Exothispini Weise, 1911 |
| Genus: | Exothispa Kolbe, 1897 |
| Species: | E. reimeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Exothispa reimeri | |
Species
This monotypic genus contains Exothispa reimeri Kolbe, 1897: a species recorded from Tanzania.
Life history
Exothispa reimeri belongs to the subfamily Cassidinae: the tortoise and leaf-mining beetles, but no host plant records appear to have been documented for this species.[3]
