Global InformationPercolaspis information
| Percolaspis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Eumolpini |
| Genus: | Percolaspis Bechyné, 1957[1] |
| Type species | |
| Colaspis ornata Germar, 1824
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Percolaspis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[2] It is distributed in South America and Central America, though it has also been reported from southern Florida in the United States. It is associated with the plant families Rubiaceae and Fabaceae in Central America.[3]
In Brazil, Percolaspis ornata is an important pest of Theobroma cacao (cocoa) in Bahia and Espírito Santo. A species identified as Percolaspis cf. ornata was also recently found feeding and damaging soybean, corn and cotton crops in Mato Grosso, Brazil.[4]
- ^ Bechyné, J. (1957). "Eumolpides neo-tropicaux de la collection du Museo civico di Storia naturale "Giacomo Doria" di Genova (Col. Phytophaga)". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. 69: 226–247.
- ^ Chaboo, Caroline S.; Flowers, R. Wills (2015). "Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae Hope, 1840". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 88 (3): 375–379. doi:10.2317/kent-88-03-375-379.1. S2CID 87900852.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
bugrefwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Oliveira, C.M. de; Frizzas, M.R. (2021). "Percolaspis cf. ornata (Germar) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae): an Emergent Pest in Soybean, Maize, and Cotton Crops in the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil". Neotropical Entomology. 50 (6): 999–1002. doi:10.1007/s13744-021-00894-y. PMID 34309773. S2CID 236430319.