Trichispa

Trichispa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Hispini
Genus:	Trichispa; Chapuis, 1875
Species:	T. sericea
Binomial name
	Trichispa sericea; (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
Synonyms
	Lesageana L. Medvedev, 2003; Hispa sericea Guérin-Méneville, 1844; Lesageana paucispina L. Medvedev, 2003;

Trichispa is a monotypic genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. The only species is Trichispa sericea.¹ The species is found in Southern Africa,¹ where it has been recorded from Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zaire.

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Oryza sativa, Chloris virgata, Echinochloa holubii, Eragrostis aethiopica, Eragrostis heteromera, Digitaria zeyheri and Diplachne fusca.²

References

"Trichispa Chapuis, 1875". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Hispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 13, 2025.

[GBIF-1] "Trichispa Chapuis, 1875". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

[2] Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Hispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 13, 2025.

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