Promecotheca pandani
| Promecotheca pandani | |
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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: | Promecotheca |
| Species: | P. pandani
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| Binomial name | |
| Promecotheca pandani Gressitt, 1960
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Promecotheca pandani is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in north-western and north-eastern New Guinea.
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 11.8 mm. They are orange to shiny bluish black. The head is mostly blackish, while the antennae are pale and the prothorax is black (but slightly tinged with blue and slightly pitchy reddish apically). The scutellum is black and the elytra are pale on the basal five-sixths and bluish black apically.[1]
The larvae reach a length of about 12 mm.[2]
Life history
[edit]The recorded host plants for this species are Pandanus species.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Gressitt, J.L. (1960). "Papuan-West Polynesian Hispine Beetles" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 2 (1). Entomology Department, Bishop Museum: 518–530. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
- ^ Gressitt, J.L. (1963). "Hispine beetles (Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 5 (3). Entomology Department, Bishop Museum: 591–714. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
- ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Promecothecini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 1, 2025.