Callispa elegans

Callispa elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Callispa
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
	Callispa elegans; Baly, 1876

Callispa elegans is a species of tortoise beetles (insects in the subfamily Cassidinae) found in Southern Asia, with records from Indonesia (Java, Sumatra) and Malaysia.

Biology

This species has been recorded feeding on Zalacca conferta, Cyrtostachys lacca, Salacca species, Calamus manan, Calamus caesius, Calamus scipionum, Elaeis guineensis, Caryota mitis, Iguanura geonomiformis, Korthalsia rigida, Korthalsia rostrata, Pinanga disticha and Pinanga scortechinii.²

References

Baly, J.S. (1876). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Halticinae". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1876 (3): 433–449. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1876.tb01919.x.
Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.

External links

"Callispa elegans". The Encyclopedia of Life. Archived from the original on 2023-01-01.

[1] Baly, J.S. (1876). "Descriptions of new genera and species of Halticinae". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1876 (3): 433–449. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1876.tb01919.x.

[2] Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.

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