Sumitrosis pallescens (Baly)

Hispinae, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia


Pale yellow with irregular black markings; antennae black. Head: vertex minutely granulose; deep medial sulcus; interocular space slightly produced; clypeus convex, base subangulate, prominent; mandibles monodentate. Antennae: one-third the body length; segments cylindrical; last five distinctly thickened; segments II-VI irregularly sulcate, feebly carinate; I and III subequal in length; II shorter than I or III. Pronotum: subcylindrical; slightly wider than long; sides slightly rounded, nearly straight and parallel at base, slightly converging before middle; each anterior angle with small, subacute tooth; convex; faint transverse line at base; basal impression absent; densely, coarsely punctate. Elytra: oblong; parallel at sides; slightly wider at apex; apices obtusely rounded; suture faintly sinuate; sutural angles with minute tooth; lateral and apical margins closely, irregularly serrulate; each elytron with 8 puncture rows plus a scutellar row; interspaces 2, 4, and 6 moderately costate; scattered ill-defined black fasciae present. Total length: 3.0-3.5 mm.

Larval food plant: Cassia fasciculata Michx. and C. nicitans L. (Fabaceae) (Cavey 1994).


Page authors:

C. L. Staines, 3302 Decker Place, Edgewater MD 21037. Staines.Charles@NMNH.SI.EDU

John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu

Maylin Paniagua and Nelci Oconitrillo, La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica


Date of this version: 27 March 1998
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