Chalepus amabilis

Chalepus amabilis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Belize, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico (Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas)^[1] and Nicaragua.

Chalepus amabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Chalepus
Species:	C. amabilis
Binomial name
Chalepus amabilis Baly, 1885

Description

The face is strongly produced between the eyes, the front deeply trisulcate. The antennae are moderately robust, filiform and slightly thickened towards the apex. The thorax is slightly broader than long and conic, the sides nearly straight, obsoletely angulate in the middle. The disc is subcylindrical, transversely excavated behind the middle, closely rugose-punctate. The elytra are parallel, regularly rounded at the apex, the sides finely serrulate, the apical margin narrowly dilated, acutely denticulate. Each elytron has ten, the medial disc with nine, rows of punctures, the second and fourth interspaces rather strongly and equally costate, the eighth less strongly elevated, the sixth obsoletely costate at base and apex.^[2]

Biology

They have been recorded feeding on Chusquea species, Lasiacis nigra, Lasiacis procerrima, Lasiacis ruscifolia and Panicum species.^[3]