Chalepus pici Descarpentries and Villiers
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Chalepus pici Descarpentries and Villiers |
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Chalepus pici Descarpentries and Villiers View in CoL [Tribe Chalepini ].
Belize. Cayo District: Chiquibul National Park, Dry Creek Trail, 20-22 Aug. 2007, P. W. Kovarik,
16°29’N 89°02’W, 950-1100 m, yellow pan trap; (1 specimen, BYUC) GoogleMaps . New Country Record.
Chalepus pici View in CoL was previously known from Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama ( Staines 1997). There is no published information on the biology of this species. The host plant is probably a member of Poaceae ( Staines 2002a) View in CoL .
Staines, C. L. 1997. The Hispinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 37 / 38: 1 - 65.
Staines, C. L. 2002 a. The New World tribes and genera of hispines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104 (3): 721 - 784.
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