Microctenochira

TaxID: 294764

Basic Information

Microctenochira

Tortoise Beetles

Microctenochira is a genus of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 110 described species in the genus Microctenochira.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Chrysomelidae

Microctenochira

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) djhiker@BY-NC
Microctenochira
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(c) Arnold Wijker@BY-NC
Microctenochira
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(c) Rob Westerduijn@BY-NC
Microctenochira
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(c) Sebastián Berrío@BY-NC
Microctenochira
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(c) Guillaume Delaitre@BY

Morphological Features

Antennae long; third antennal segment only slightly shorter than the second. Clypeus impressed. Explanate margin of elytra present. Elytra with shallow postscutellar impressions. Pronotal disc with numerous black spots. Elytra yellow with black punctures, combined with brown and black pattern; humeral and posterolateral spots situated on upper side of the explanate margin and often connected (always separated in M. optata). Disc of pronotum largely brown to black.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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