| Exothispa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Cassidinae |
| Tribe: | Exothispini Weise, 1911 |
| Genus: | Exothispa Kolbe, 1897 |
| Species: | E. reimeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Exothispa reimeri | |
Exothispa is the sole genus of Afican leaf beetles in the tribe Exothispini Weise, 1911.2
Species
This monotypic genus contains Exothispa reimeri Kolbe, 1897: a species recorded from Tanzania.
Life history
Exothispa reimeri belongs to the subfamily Cassidinae: the tortoise and leaf-mining beetles, but no host plant records appear to have been documented for this species.3
References
References
- Kolbe HJ (1897) Afrikanische Coleoptera des Königlichen Museums für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Entomologische Nachrichten, 23: 348–355.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Staines, CL (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Exothispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 23, 2025.