Pachnephoptrus Explained

Pachnephoptrus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.^[1] The genus includes four species; one of them, P. weisei, is distributed from the Transcaucasus to Central Asia, while the other three are found in the Himalayas.^[2]

Species

• Pachnephoptrus cashmirensis (Jacoby, 1900) – Kashmir
• Pachnephoptrus indicus (Jacoby, 1895) – India (Himachal Pradesh), Nepal
• Pachnephoptrus squamosus (Bryant, 1923)^{[3] [4]} – India (Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal)
• Pachnephoptrus weisei Reitter, 1892 – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Host plants

P. weisei has been reported on plants of the genus Astragalus (Fabaceae), while P. squamosus has been reported attacking young leaves of pear trees in an orchard in Shimla, India.^{[3] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Moseyko. A. G.. Sprecher-Uebersax. E.. 2010. Eumolpinae. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620. Löbl. I.. Smetana. A.. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark. Apollo Books. 619–643. 978-87-88757-84-2.
2. Medvedev. L. N.. Sprecher-Uebersax. E.. 1999. Taxonomical study of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Nepal. Entomologica Basiliensia. 21. 355–370. 10.5169/seals-980426. free.
3. Bryant. G. E.. 1922. 31 January 1923. New Injurious Phytophaga from India and Brazil. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 13. 3. 261–265. 10.1017/S0007485300045338.
4. Papp. C.S.. 1951. Some new Phytophaga from South-America and India (42d Contribution to the knowledge of the Chrysomelidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 93. 131–133.
5. Jolivet. Pierre. 1987. Sélection trophique chez les Megascelinae et les Eumolpinae (Cyclica) (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Suite et fin.. Trophic Selection among Megascelinae and Eumolpinae (Cyclica) (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon. 56. 7. 217–240. 10.3406/linly.1987.10805. free. French.