Asamangulia cuspidata

Asamangulia cuspidata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Asamangulia
Species:
A. cuspidata
Binomial name
Asamangulia cuspidata
Maulik, 1915
Synonyms
  • Asamangulia dreesi Uhmann, 1954

Asamangulia cuspidata is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Afghanistan, India (Bihar, West Bengal), Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Nepal and possibly Saudi Arabia.

Description

Adults have shiny black body, covered with spines.

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Saccharum officinarum, Oryza sativa and Sorghum species. The larvae mine the leaves of their host plant, feeding between the upper and lower epidermis.

References

  1. ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  2. ↑ Occurrence of hispa Asamangulia cuspidata and its parasitoids in South India
  3. ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Hispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
  4. ↑ ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resource