Pentispa Explained

Pentispa is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 20 described species in Pentispa.

Species

These 29 species belong to the genus Pentispa:

Pentispa aequatoriana Weise, 1910
Pentispa amplipennis Uhmann, 1930
Pentispa atrocaerulea (Champion, 1894)
Pentispa beata (Baly, 1886)
Pentispa bilimeki Spaeth, 1937
Pentispa candezei (Chapuis, 1877)
Pentispa chevrolati (Chapuis, 1877)
Pentispa clarkella (Baly, 1886)
Pentispa collaris (Thunberg, 1805)
Pentispa cristata (Chapuis, 1877)
Pentispa cyanipennis Pic, 1933
Pentispa distincta (Baly, 1886)
Pentispa emarginata (Chapuis, 1877)
Pentispa explanata (Chapuis, 1877)
Pentispa fairmairei (Chapuis, 1877)
Pentispa geniculata Pic, 1932
Pentispa larssoni Uhmann, 1957
Pentispa melanura (Chapuis, 1877)
Pentispa morio (Fabricius, 1801)
Pentispa parumpunctata Weise, 1910
Pentispa perroudi Pic, 1933
Pentispa pratti Pic, 1932
Pentispa rockefelleri Pallister, 1953
Pentispa sallaei (Baly, 1886)
Pentispa sanguinipennis (Baly, 1886)
Pentispa sulcifrons (Champion, 1894)
Pentispa suturalis (Baly, 1885)
Pentispa vittatipennis (Baly, 1886)
Pentispa viturati Pic, 1932

Further reading

Annotated list of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Kentucky: Subfamily Cassidinae. 2007. Barney . R. J.. Clark . S. M.. Riley . E. G.. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. 68. 2. 132–144. 10.3101/1098-7096(2007)68[132:ALOTLB]2.0.CO;2. 198148537.
Book: A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 1999. Borowiec . Lech. Biologicae Silesiae. 978-83-909804-4-7.
Book: Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). 2003. Riley . Edward G.. Clark . Shawn M.. Seeno . Terry N.. The Coleopterists' Society. Special Publication No. 1. 978-0-9726087-1-8.
Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26091-7.