Promecotheca sacchari

Promecotheca sacchari
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Promecotheca
Species:
P. sacchari
Binomial name
Promecotheca sacchari
Gressitt, 1957

Promecotheca sacchari is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found on the Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal).

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Saccharum (including Saccharum officinarum) and Miscanthus species.

References

  1. ↑ "Promecotheca sacchari". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  2. 1 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 19, 2025.