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Platypria coronata

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Platypria coronata is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Angola, Congo, Eritrea, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

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Platypria coronata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Platypria
Species:
P. coronata
Binomial name
Platypria coronata
Synonyms
  • Platypria (Dichirispa) alticola Gestro, 1914
  • Platypria raffrayi Chapuis, 1877
  • Platypria transvaalensis Péringuey, 1898
  • Platypria connexa Péringuey, 1898
  • Hispa usambarica Weise, 1898
  • Dichirispa coendu Gestro, 1911
  • Platypria coendu
  • Platypria (Dichirispa) atherura Gestro, 1914
  • Platypria (Dichirispa) auromicans Gestro, 1923
  • Platypria (Dichirispa) loveni Weise, 1926
  • Platypria funebris kalongana Uhmann, 1936
  • Platypria coronata inchoata Uhmann, 1954
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Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Desmodium repandum and Pueraria phaseoloides.[2]

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