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Pagria suturalis

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Pagria suturalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Pagria
Species:
P. suturalis
Binomial name
Pagria suturalis
Synonyms

Pagria suturalis ab. maculata Weise, 1909

Pagria suturalis is a species of leaf beetle distributed in East Africa (including Kenya and Tanzania), the Democratic Republic of the Congo[2] (Garamba and Upemba National Parks), Uganda and South Sudan.[3] It was described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1884. Its host plants include Erythrophleum guineense.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Lefèvre, E. (1884). "Melindea, Phascus, Pagria nn. genn". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France: LXV–LXVII.
  2. ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.