Colasposoma

Colasposoma
Colasposoma viridicoeruleum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Euryopini
Genus: Colasposoma
Laporte, 1833
Type species
Colasposoma senegalense
Laporte, 1833
Synonyms
  • Acis Chevrolat, 1836
    (nec Billberg, 1820)
  • Thysbe Dejean, 1836 (Nom. Nud.)
  • Ballatro Gistel, 1848
  • Thysbe J. Thomson, 1858
  • Palesida Harold, 1874
  • Pseudomacetes Linell, 1895
  • Dasychlorus Fairmaire, 1898
  • Cheiriphyle Jacoby, 1901
  • Chiriphyle Auctt. (misspelling)
  • Anwarullahia Abdullah & Qureshi, 1969

Colasposoma is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It includes over 200 species, with over 150 described from Africa, over 50 from continental Asia, seven from the Philippines, seven from Malaysia and Indonesia, and a single species from Australia. However, the true number of species in the genus should be much lower, as almost all species descriptions were based on the color and sculpture of their upper sides, characters now known to be too variable for taxonomic purposes, and therefore many of them are at best only color variations of other species.

Species of Colasposoma are known to feed on plants of the family Convolvulaceae, especially on the genera Ipomoea and Argyreia. Some species, such as C. sellatum, C. auripenne (now known as C. viridicoeruleum) and C. dauricum, are known as pests of sweet potatoes. The larvae live in soil on the roots, while adults feed on the leaves. Pupation also takes place in the soil.

List of species

Subgenus Colasposoma Laporte, 1833

Subgenus Falsonerissus Pic, 1951 (Synonyms: Iranomolpus Lopatin, 1979; Andosiomorpha Lopatin, 1981; Bezdekia Warchałowski, 2005)

Synonyms:

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