Agelasa nigriceps

Agelasa nigriceps
	Agelasa nigriceps, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Galerucinae
Tribe:	Hylaspini
Genus:	Agelasa
Species:	A. nigriceps
Binomial name
	Agelasa nigriceps; Motschulsky, 1860

Agelasa nigriceps is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae, found in the Palearctic.[1] Its most common host plant is Actinidia arguta, although the beetles have been evolving in Japan to use Pterostyrax hispidus as a host plant.[2]

References

Park, Jinyoung; JeChoi, Ik; KyunPark, Jong (2020). "Revision of the tribe Hylaspini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) in Korea". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 13 (4). doi:10.1016/j.japb.2020.07.003.
Kohyama, Tetsuo I.; Matsumoto, Kazumi; Katakura, Haruo (January 4, 2012). "Geographic variation of host use in the leaf beetle Agelasa nigriceps suggests host range expansion". Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 142 (2): 165–174. doi:10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01211.x. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

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[Park2020-1] Park, Jinyoung; JeChoi, Ik; KyunPark, Jong (2020). "Revision of the tribe Hylaspini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) in Korea". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 13 (4). doi:10.1016/j.japb.2020.07.003.

[2] Kohyama, Tetsuo I.; Matsumoto, Kazumi; Katakura, Haruo (January 4, 2012). "Geographic variation of host use in the leaf beetle Agelasa nigriceps suggests host range expansion". Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 142 (2): 165–174. doi:10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01211.x. Retrieved 30 January 2022.