Agelasa nigriceps

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Hylaspini
Genus: Agelasa
Species: Agelasa nigriceps
Name

Agelasa nigriceps Motschulsky, 1861: 25
References
Primary references

Motschulsky, V. de 1861. Entomologie spéciale. Insectes du Japon. Études Entomologiques 9: 4–39. BHL.

Additional references

Beenen, R. 2010. Galerucinae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 443–491. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page. [p. 455]

Links

Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Agelasa nigriceps Motsch. (Chrysomelidae) - photo by M.E. Smirnov

Agelasa nigriceps is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae, found in the Palearctic.[1] Its most common host plant is Actinidia arguta, although the beetles have been evolving in Japan to use Pterostyrax hispidus as a host plant.[2]
References

Park, Jinyoung; JeChoi, Ik; KyunPark, Jong (2020). "Revision of the tribe Hylaspini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) in Korea". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 13 (4). doi:10.1016/j.japb.2020.07.003.
Kohyama, Tetsuo I.; Matsumoto, Kazumi; Katakura, Haruo (January 4, 2012). "Geographic variation of host use in the leaf beetle Agelasa nigriceps suggests host range expansion". Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 142 (2): 165–174. doi:10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01211.x. Retrieved 30 January 2022.