Platycorynus peregrinus
| Platycorynus peregrinus | |
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| Platycorynus peregrinus from Myanmar. Mounted specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Platycorynus |
| Species: | P. peregrinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Platycorynus peregrinus Herbst, 1783 | |
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Platycorynus peregrinus is a species of beetles belonging to the Chrysomelidae family.
Description
Platycorynus peregrinus can reach a length of 9–11.5 millimetres (0.35–0.45 in) and a width of 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in). The body is usually metallic blue, sometimes blue-black or blue-violet.
This leaf eating beetle is primarily herbivorous and secondarily graminivorous. The preferred host plants are the very toxic Calotropis procera, various Digitaria species and some plants of economic importance (e.g. Solanum melongena, Hibiscus esculentus, Abelmoschus esculentus, Lycopersicon esculentum and Solanum tuberosum).
Distribution
This species can be found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, SW China and Malaysia.
References
- Pierre Jolivet & Krishna K. Verma Eumolpinae
- Kimoto, Shinsaku; Gressitt, J. Linsley Chrysomelidae of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae
- Purushottam Prasad, Singh, B. K. Studies on the food and food preference in Platycorynus peregrinus
- I. Lobl & A. Smetana Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera - Volume 6, 2010