Promecotheca callosa

Promecotheca callosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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.

Description

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]

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are palms (including Cocos nucifera), as well as Pandanus species.[2]

Subspecies

  • Promecotheca callosa callosa (Australia, south-western and south-eastern New Guinea)
  • Promecotheca callosa major Gressitt, 1963 (north-eastern New Guinea)

References

  1. ^ Gressitt, J.L. (1963). "Hispine beetles (Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 5 (3). Entomology Department, Bishop Museum: 591–714. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Promecothecini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 1, 2025.

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