Callispa pita explained

Callispa pita, is a species of leaf beetle found in Sri Lanka.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

Body length is about 5.00 mm. Body small, elongate and yellowish brown. Eyes are prominent and black. Antennae black. Prothorax length is about 1.00 mm. Scutellum semicircular. Elytral length is about 3.50 mm. Elytra oblong with eight rows of punctures at each elytron base. Hind wings which are very small and transparent are about 4.00 mm long. Tarsi dark brown. Legs and ventrum are brown.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Callispa pita Maulik, 1919 . 2021-09-28 . www.gbif.org . en.
2. Web site: Tribe Callispini Chapuis 1875 . 2021-09-26 . naturalhistory.si.edu.
3. Web site: Kimoto . Shinsaku . 2003 . The Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) collected by Dr. Akio Otake, on the occasion of his entomological survey in Sri Lanka from 1973 to 1975 . 2021-09-28 . Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Series A (Natural History) . 23–43 . 10.34522/kmnh.1.0_23.
4. Web site: Taxonomic studies on some species of the genus' Callispa'baly (Hispinae, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera) of the Oriental region . 2021-09-26 . spiral.imperial.ac.uk.