Trichispa
Genus of leaf beetles
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Trichispa is a monotypic genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. The only species is Trichispa sericea.[1] The species is found in Southern Africa,[1] where it has been recorded from Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zaire.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Hispini |
| Genus: | Trichispa Chapuis, 1875 |
| Species: | T. sericea |
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| Trichispa sericea (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) | |
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Life history
The recorded host plants for this species are Oryza sativa, Chloris virgata, Echinochloa holubii, Eragrostis aethiopica, Eragrostis heteromera, Digitaria zeyheri and Diplachne fusca.[2]