Pagria liturata is a species of leaf beetle distributed in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo[2] (Garamba and Upemba National Parks), Ethiopia and South Sudan.[3] It was described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1891. Its host plants include Vitex doniana and Sporobolus pyramidalis.[3]
Pagria liturata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Pagria |
Species: | P. liturata
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Binomial name | |
Pagria liturata |
References
edit- ^ Lefèvre, E. (1891). "Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Clytrides et d'Eumolpides". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 35: CCXLVIII–CCLXXIX.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ^ a b Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.