Biology:Platypria erinaceus
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Short description: Species of beetle
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| Genus: | Platypria
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| Species: | P. erinaceus
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Platypria (Platypria) erinaceus, is a species of leaf beetle native to India and Sri Lanka.[1][2]
Description
Antenna thick, which is not extending beyond scutellum over pronotum.[3]
Biology
It is found in wide varieties of host plants including: Desmodium gangeticum, Erythrina, Pueraria tuberosa, Oryza sativa, Saccharum officinarum, Ziziphus jujuba, Ziziphus mauritiana and Ziziphus nummularia.[3][4]
It has observed that chalcid wasps lay their eggs on the late larval instars of the beetle.[3]
References
- ↑ ON THE COLLECTION OF HISPINAE (COLEOPTERA : CHRYSOMELIDAE) PRESEERVED IN THE ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, CALCUTTA..
- ↑ Mann, J. S.; Crowson, R. A. (1983). "On the Occurrence of Mid-Gut Caeca, and Organs of Symbiont Transmission, in Leaf-Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin 37 (1): 1–15. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4008097. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ranade, Sachin; Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal Divakaran; Ghate, Hemant V.; Chaboo, Caroline S. (2021-04-14). "Natural history of Platypria (Platypria) hystrix (Fabricius, 1798) on Fabaceae host plants, with notes on other Platypria species in India (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Hispini)". ZooKeys (1031): 59–84. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1031.60129. PMID 36761859. PMC 9848903. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/60129/. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ↑ Dhileepan, K. (2017). "Biological control of Ziziphus mauritiana (Rhamnaceae): feasibility, prospective agents and research gaps" (in en). Annals of Applied Biology 170 (3): 287–300. doi:10.1111/aab.12338. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aab.12338. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
Wikidata ☰ Q3327925 entry
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