Pagria suturalis
| Pagria suturalis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Pagria |
| Species: | P. suturalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pagria suturalis | |
| Synonyms | |
| Pagria suturalis ab. maculata Weise, 1909 | |
Pagria suturalis is a species of leaf beetle distributed in East Africa (including Kenya and Tanzania), the Democratic Republic of the Congo[2] (Garamba and Upemba National Parks), Uganda and South Sudan.[3] It was described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1884. Its host plants include Erythrophleum guineense.[3]
References
- ^ Lefèvre, E. (1884). "Melindea, Phascus, Pagria nn. genn". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France: LXV–LXVII.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ^ a b Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.