Platypria erinaceus

Platypria erinaceus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Platypria
Species:	P. erinaceus
Binomial name
Platypria erinaceus (Fabricius, 1801)
Synonyms
Hispa erinaceus Fabricius, 1801 Platypria andrewesi Weise, 1904

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

1. "ON THE COLLECTION OF HISPINAE (COLEOPTERA : CHRYSOMELIDAE) PRESEERVED IN THE ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, CALCUTTA". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.893.6766. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. 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. JSTOR 4008097. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
3. 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. PMC 9848903. PMID 36761859. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
4. Dhileepan, K. (2017). "Biological control of Ziziphus mauritiana (Rhamnaceae): feasibility, prospective agents and research gaps". Annals of Applied Biology. 170 (3): 287–300. doi:10.1111/aab.12338. S2CID 90069742. Retrieved 2021-09-21.