Argopistes coccinelliformis Csiki, 1940

Kato, Makoto & Imada, Yume, 2025, Diversity and host plant utilization of leaf-mining beetles of Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera) in Japan, ZooKeys 1238, pp. 209-268 : 209-268

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1238.124514

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:21876B72-3854-4C7D-83A5-B2CD9BB56FCD

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15442534

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B1A3FFE3-60C2-5789-816F-FB4478FC02C1

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scientific name

Argopistes coccinelliformis Csiki, 1940
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Argopistes coccinelliformis Csiki, 1940

Fig. 9 A, B View Figure 9

Host plant.

Oleaceae : Ligustrum micranthum Zucc. , L. ovalifolium Hassk. Ligustrum japonicum Thunb. , Osmanthus heterophyllus (G. Don) , O. insularis Koidz. , O. × fortunei Carr. are also recorded as adult hosts ( Kimoto and Takizawa 1993). In Ogasawara Islands, this is the only leaf-mining chrysomelid species.

Leaf mine.

Full-depth linear mine on young leaf (Fig. 9 B View Figure 9 ). The egg is laid on leaf margin, and the hatched larva mines adjoining along the leaf margin or its mine. Frass is thread-like, deposited along the middle line of the mine. The fully grown larva exits the mined leaf, falls to the ground, and pupates underground.

Material examined.

3 adults, Rinkai , Shirahama, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama Pref., 13-V-1998 (as larva on Ligustrum ovalifolium ), emerged on 2-VI-1998 (Fig. 9 A, B View Figure 9 ) ; • 1 adult, Mukô-jima Is. Ogasawara, Tokyo Pref. on Ligustrum micranthum .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

SuperFamily

Chrysomeloidea

Family

Chrysomelidae

SubFamily

Galerucinae

Genus

Argopistes