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Pentispa

Pentispa is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 20 described species in Pentispa.

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Pentispa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Chalepini
Genus: Pentispa
Chapuis, 1875

Pentispa is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 20 described species in Pentispa.123

Species

These species belong to the genus Pentispa:

Former species

References

References

  1. "Pentispa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Pentispa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
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