Promecotheca callosa

Promecotheca callosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Promecotheca
Species:	P. callosa
Binomial name
	Promecotheca callosa; Baly, 1876

Promecotheca callosa is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Australia (Queensland, Northern Territories) and south-western, south-eastern and north-eastern New Guinea.

Description

Adults of subspecies major reach a length of about 10.9-12.2 mm, while the adults of subspecies callosa are smaller. Adults are shiny black with bright reddish orange elytra.

The larvae have also been described. They reach a length of about 15 mm.

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are palms (including Cocos nucifera), as well as Pandanus species.

Subspecies

Promecotheca callosa callosa (Australia, south-western and south-eastern New Guinea)
Promecotheca callosa major Gressitt, 1963 (north-eastern New Guinea)

References

↑ Gressitt, J.L. (1963). "Hispine beetles (Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 5 (3). Entomology Department, Bishop Museum: 591–714. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Promecothecini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 1, 2025.

This Promecothecini article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

[1] Gressitt, J.L. (1963). "Hispine beetles (Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 5 (3). Entomology Department, Bishop Museum: 591–714. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2] Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Promecothecini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 1, 2025.