Promecotheca varipes

Promecotheca varipes
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. varipes
Binomial name
Promecotheca varipes
Baly, 1858

Promecotheca varipes is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Australia (Northern Territory) and New Guinea.

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Pandanus species and Cocos nucifera.

References

  1. ↑ "Promecotheca varipes". 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.