Exothispa

Exothispa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Exothispini
Weise, 1911
Genus: Exothispa
Kolbe, 1897
Species:
E. reimeri
Binomial name
Exothispa reimeri
Kolbe, 1897

Exothispa is the sole genus of Afican leaf beetles in the tribe Exothispini Weise, 1911.

Species

This monotypic genus contains Exothispa reimeri Kolbe, 1897: a species recorded from Tanzania.

Life history

Exothispa reimeri belongs to the subfamily Cassidinae: the tortoise and leaf-mining beetles, but no host plant records appear to have been documented for this species.

References

  1. ↑ Kolbe HJ (1897) Afrikanische Coleoptera des Königlichen Museums für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Entomologische Nachrichten, 23: 348–355.
  2. ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  3. ↑ Staines, CL (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Exothispini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 23, 2025.