Gallerucida singularis Harold

Lee, Chi-Feng, 2017, The genus Gallerucida Motschulsky in Taiwan (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae), ZooKeys 723, pp. 121-151 : 143-144

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.723.21545

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:925CD37F-313C-42D0-8A14-25F6720ABC3C

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/483A41F6-967D-2A77-B1AE-E8CADD0EF6FB

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scientific name

Gallerucida singularis Harold
status

 

Gallerucida singularis Harold Fig. 4 D–G

Galerucida [sic!] singularis Harold, 1880: 146; see Lee and Bezděk 2013: 359 for complete list.

Diagnosis.

Gallerucida gebieni and G. singularis Harold adults are easily recognized by their reddish brown bodies and black spots behind the humeral calli and at the elytral apices (Fig. 4 D–F) but those of G. singularis possess three black spots on the elytra apices (Fig. 4G) (two spots in G. gebieni (Fig. 4H)).

Redescription.

See Lee and Bezděk (2013).

Host plant.

Polygonaceae : Polygonum chinense L. and Fallopia multiflora var. hypoleucum (Ohwi) Yonek. et H. Ohashi ( Lee and Bezděk 2013).

Biology.

Gallerucida singularis populations are presumably multivoltine. Adults are found throughout the year. The natural history was described by Lee and Bezděk (2013).

Distribution.

China, Taiwan (only in Kinmen and Nankan islands).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Gallerucida