Polychalca aerea

Polychalca aerea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Polychalca
Species:
P. aerea
Binomial name
Polychalca aerea
(Boheman, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Desmonota aerea Boheman, 1850

Polychalca aerea is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Brazil (Bahia, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte).

Life history

The recorded host plant is Cordia cylindrostachya.

References

  1. ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved September 10, 2026.
  2. ↑ ITIS (2026). "Polychalca aerea at Catalogue of Life". Nicolson, D., Alexander, S., Hodson, A., Mitchell, D., Orrell, T., & Perez-Gelabert, D. The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version 2026-05-27). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, C. Abreu, A. Acero P, et al., Catalogue of Life (2026-06-19 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved September 8, 2026.
  3. ↑ Mota, A. A.; Sekerka, L.; Jilg, J.; Arous, E.; Machado, R. J. P.; Simões, M. V. dos P. (2026). "Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Pernambuco, Brazil: New records, nomenclatural changes, and identification key of tribes". Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia. 66 (special 1). Retrieved September 8, 2026.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ↑ Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 978-83-909804-4-7.