Promecotheca callosa

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
Promecotheca callosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Promecotheca
Species:
P. callosa
Binomial name
Promecotheca callosa
Baly, 1876

Promecotheca callosa is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Australia (Queensland, Northern Territories) and south-western, south-eastern and north-eastern New Guinea.

Adults of subspecies major reach a length of about 10.9-12.2 mm, while the adults of subspecies callosa are smaller. Adults are shiny black with bright reddish orange elytra.

The larvae have also been described. They reach a length of about 15 mm.[1]

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