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Platypria
Platypria is a genus of hispine leaf-beetles. There are about 34 species found mostly in the Asian and African tropics. The larvae mine the leaves of plants and hosts include plants in the families Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Myricaceae, Poaceae, Rhamnaceae, Roseaceae and Rubiaceae. The adults are 4 to 7 mm long and have spine like growths on the pronotum and elytra. There are also translucent patches on the elytra. The antennae have 9 segments and arise close...
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Platypria echidna
speciesPlatypria echidna
Platypria erinaceus
speciesPlatypria erinaceus
Platypria hystrix
speciesPlatypria hystrix
Platypria melli
speciesPlatypria melli
Platypria dimidiata
speciesPlatypria dimidiata
Platypria nigrospinosa
speciesPlatypria nigrospinosa
Platypria coronata
speciesPlatypria coronata
Platypria aliena
speciesPlatypria aliena
Platypria alces
speciesPlatypria alces
Platypria chiroptera
speciesPlatypria chiroptera
Platypria natalensis
speciesPlatypria natalensis
Platypria nodifera
speciesPlatypria nodifera
Platypria coendu
speciesPlatypria coendu
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 517989.