Epistictina

Epistictina is a genus of tortoise beetle found in Asia. There are about 5 species in the genus.[1][2]

  • Epistictina fulvonigra Maulik, 1913 - Burma
  • Epistictina perplexa Baly, 1863 - Thailand, Vietnam
  • Epistictina reicheana (Guérin, 1844) - Sri Lanka, India, Nepal
  • Epistictina viridimaculata (Boheman, 1850) - India to Vietnam
  • Epistictina weisei (Spaeth, 1914) - western India

Epistictina
Epistictina viridimaculata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Tribe: Basiprionotini
Genus: Epistictina
Hincks, 1950
Type species
Epistictia viridimaculata
Boheman, 1850

References

  1. Hincks, W.D. (1950). "Some nomenclatorial notes on Chrysomelidæ ( Col. ). No. 3, Cassidinæ". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (30): 506–512. doi:10.1080/00222935008654075. ISSN 0374-5481.
  2. Maulik, Samarendra (1919). Fauna of British India. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 318.
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