Brontispa chalybeipennis

Brontispa chalybeipennis, the blue coconut leaf beetle, is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Hawaii and Micronesia (Caroline Islands, Kosrae, Marshall Islands, Palau Islands, Ponape).

Brontispa chalybeipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Brontispa
Species:	B. chalybeipennis
Binomial name
Brontispa chalybeipennis (Zacher, 1913)
Synonyms
Oxycephala (Xiphispa) chalybeipennis Zacher, 1913 Brontispa namorikia Maulik, 1947

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Cocos nucifera, Exorrhiza ponapensis and Pandanus species.^[1]