Amblispa laevigata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Amblispa |
| Species: | A. laevigata
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| Binomial name | |
| Amblispa laevigata (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
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Amblispa laevigata, is a species of leaf beetle found in Bangladesh, India (Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Nepal, and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]
Description
Adults are obscure blue-black. The front is produced into a small acute tooth, which forms the upper termination of a longitudinal ridge between the antennae. The thorax is punctured, as broad as long, narrowed from the base to the apex, sides rounded, anterior and posterior angles acute. The elytra are deeply punctate-striate.[4]
Life history
Host plants are grasses.[1][5]
References
- ^ a b "Tribe Callispini Chapuis 1875" (PDF). naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "Amblispa laevigata (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ Borowiec, Lech; Świętojańska, Jolanta (2007-06-30). "Cassidinae collected during Czech-Polish Expedition to Maharashtra, India* (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". pp. 279–295. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ Catalogue of Hispidae in the collection of the British museum
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.