Biology:Sumitrosis ancoroides
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Sumitrosis |
| Species: | S. ancoroides
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| Sumitrosis ancoroides (Schaeffer, 1933)
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Sumitrosis ancoroides is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America,[1][2][3] where it has been recorded from Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan) and the United States (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia).
Description
Adults reach a length of about 2.9-3.7 mm. The antennae are black. The lateral margins of the pronotum have a black vitta and a black somewhat V-shaped marking. The suture of the elytra is partly bluish black and there is a small anchor-shaped spot, as well as three small black spots.[4]
Biology
The recorded food plants are Strophostyles helvola, Strophostyles umbellata, Stylosanthes biflora and Glycine max.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sumitrosis ancoroides Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=719991.
- ↑ "Sumitrosis ancoroides". https://www.gbif.org/species/1048634.
- ↑ "Sumitrosis ancoroides species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/298795.
- ↑ Butte, Janardhan G. (1969). "Revision of the tribe Chalepini of America North of Mexico IV. Genus Sumitrosis Butte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society 77 (1): 25–53. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25006143. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum.. https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/chalepini2015.pdf.
Further reading
- Borowiec, Lech (1999). A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biologicae Silesiae. ISBN 978-83-909804-4-7.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
Wikidata ☰ Q2551736 entry
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