Aspidimorpha quinquefasciata
| Aspidimorpha quinquefasciata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Genus: | Aspidimorpha |
| Species: | A. quinquefasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspidimorpha quinquefasciata (Fabricius, 1801)[1] | |
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Aspidimorpha quinquefasciata is a species of beetles belonging to the Chrysomelidae family.
Distribution
This species has its origines in Africa where it is known from Cameroon, Centrafrique, Congo, Chad, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo but also from several islands as São Tomé and Príncipe, Madagascar and La Réunion.[2]
It was introduced to New Caledonia in 2008.[3]
Biology
The larvae feed on leaves of Convolvulaceae, Ipomoea batatas (Sweet potatoes).
References
- ↑ zipcodezoo.com Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ www.biol.uni.wroc.pl
- ↑ (in French) Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes - Les patates douces en danger (01 avril 2012) Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
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