Costalimaita
| Costalimaita | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Eumolpini |
| Genus: | Costalimaita Bechyné, 1954[1] |
| Type species | |
| Colaspoides suturalis Lefèvre, 1891
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Costalimaita is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus is distributed in South America.[2] It was established by the Czech entomologist Jan Bechyné in 1954, and is dedicated to the Brazilian entomologist Ângelo Moreira da Costa Lima.[1]
In Brazil, adults of the species C. ferruginea are commonly reported attacking and causing severe damage to eucalyptus plants of any age. They are also associated with other members of the plant family Myrtaceae.[3][4][5]
Species
- Costalimaita ferruginea (Fabricius, 1801)
- Costalimaita lurida (Lefèvre, 1891)[6]
- Costalimaita suturalis (Lefèvre, 1891)[6]
References
- ^ a b Bechyné, J. (1954). "La liste des Eumolpides de Rio Grande do Sul (Brésil) et observations diverses sur les espéces néotropicales" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Paranaense. 10: 141–226. (note: pages 196–199 are missing in the PDF)
- ^ Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
- ^ Dias, T. K. R.; Pires, E. M.; Souza, A. P.; Tanaka, A. A.; Monteiro, E. B.; Wilcken, C. F. (2017). "The beetle Costalimaita ferruginea (Coleoptera: Chysomelidae) in Eucalyptus plantations in transition area of Amazon and Cerrado Biomes". Brazilian Journal of Biology. 78 (1): 47–52. doi:10.1590/1519-6984.03916.
- ^ Pires, E.M.; Corassa, J.N.; Barreto, M.R.; Soares, M.A. (2013). "New Report of Costalimaita ferruginea (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Eucalyptus sp. (Myrtaceae) in Sinop - Mato Grosso, Brazil". EntomoBrasilis. 6 (1): 89–90. doi:10.12741/ebrasilis.v6i1.207.
- ^ "Besouro amarelo (Costalimaita ferruginea vulgata)". Agrolink (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ a b Lefèvre, E. (1891). "Voyages de M. Emile Gounelle au Brésil. Eumolpides". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 60: 287–296.