Mahatsinia

Mahatsinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Aspidimorphini
Genus:	Mahatsinia; Spaeth, 1919
Species:	M. nodulosa
Binomial name
	Mahatsinia nodulosa; (Weise, 1910)
Synonyms
	Laccoptera nodulosa Weise, 1910;

Mahatsinia is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Mahatsinia nodulosa, which is found in central and eastern Madagascar.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.3–5.5 mm. The pronotum is yellow with a black disc black. The elytral disc is also black, with yellow elevations.

Life history

No host plant has been documented for this species.

References

↑ BioLib – Tribe Aspidimorphini Chapuis, 1875
↑ Borowiec, Lech; Świętojańska, Jolanta. "Genus: Mahatsinia Spaeth, 1919". Cassidinae of the world – an interactive manual. Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wroclaw. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
↑ The Tortoise beetles of Madagascar (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) Part 1: Basiprionotini, Aspidimorphini and Cassidini (except the genus Cassida)

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[Biolib-1] BioLib – Tribe Aspidimorphini Chapuis, 1875

[2] Borowiec, Lech; Świętojańska, Jolanta. "Genus: Mahatsinia Spaeth, 1919". Cassidinae of the world – an interactive manual. Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wroclaw. Retrieved 2025-10-21.

[3] The Tortoise beetles of Madagascar (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) Part 1: Basiprionotini, Aspidimorphini and Cassidini (except the genus Cassida)