Promecotheca

Promecotheca
Promecotheca opacicollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Promecothecini
Genus: Promecotheca
Blanchard, 1853
Synonyms

Freycinetispa Gressitt, 1960

Promecotheca is a genus of Asian leaf beetles, typical of the tribe Promecothecini in the subfamily Cassidinae; it was erected by Émile Blanchard in 1853.

Species are especially well represented in New Guinea and the Pacific islands; some are minor coconut pests including: Promecotheca cumingii, P. papuana ("coconut leaf miners") and P. opacicollis: the New Hebrides coconut hispid.

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility includes:

  1. Promecotheca alpiniae Maulik, 1929
  2. Promecotheca apicalis Weise, 1911
  3. Promecotheca bicolor Maulik, 1927
  4. Promecotheca bryantiae Gressitt, 1960
  5. Promecotheca caeruleipennis Blanchard, 1853
  6. Promecotheca callosa Baly, 1876
  7. Promecotheca collinsi (Gressitt, 1960)
  8. Promecotheca cumingii Baly, 1858
  9. Promecotheca cyanipes (Erichson, 1834)
  10. Promecotheca freycinetiae Gressitt, 1960
  11. Promecotheca guadala Maulik, 1932
  12. Promecotheca kolombangara Gressitt, 1957
  13. Promecotheca leveri Spaeth, 1937
  14. Promecotheca nuciferae Maulik, 1929
  15. Promecotheca octostriata Chapuis, 1876
  16. Promecotheca oenoptera Uhmann, 1931
  17. Promecotheca opacicollis Gestro, 1897
  18. Promecotheca palmella Gressitt, 1960
  19. Promecotheca palmivora Gressitt, 1960
  20. Promecotheca pandani Gressitt, 1960
  21. Promecotheca papuana Csiki, 1900
  22. Promecotheca petelii (Guérin-Méneville, 1840)
  23. Promecotheca ptychospermae Maulik, 1935
  24. Promecotheca pubescens Gressitt, 1957
  25. Promecotheca pulchella Gestro, 1917
  26. Promecotheca sacchari Gressitt, 1957
  27. Promecotheca salomonina Spaeth, 1937
  28. Promecotheca similis Uhmann, 1933
  29. Promecotheca soror Maulik, 1929
  30. Promecotheca straminipennis Weise, 1922
  31. Promecotheca superba Pic, 1924
  32. Promecotheca varipes Baly, 1858
  33. Promecotheca violacea Uhmann, 1932

References

  1. 1 2 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Genus Promecotheca Blanchard, 1853 (retrieved 28 August 2025)
  2. ↑ Blanchard E (1853) Zoologie. Description des insectes. Gide et J. Baudry, Paris. Vol. 4: 1-422.
  3. ↑ CABI Digital library: Promecotheca cumingii (coconut leafminer) (retrieved 28 August 2025)