Percolaspis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
Percolaspis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Percolaspis
Bechyné, 1957[1]
Type species
Colaspis ornata
Germar, 1824

Percolaspis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[2] It is distributed in South America and Central America, though it has also been reported from southern Florida in the United States. It is associated with the plant families Rubiaceae and Fabaceae in Central America.[3]

In Brazil, Percolaspis ornata is an important pest of Theobroma cacao (cocoa) in Bahia and Espírito Santo. A species identified as Percolaspis cf. ornata was also recently found feeding and damaging soybean, corn and cotton crops in Mato Grosso, Brazil.[4]

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI