Dactylispa spinosa

Dactylispa spinosa is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Bangladesh, China (Fukien, Guangxi, Hainan, Kwangsi, Kwangtung, Yunnan), India (Assam, Sikkim, West Bengal), Indonesia (Borneo, Sulawesi, Java, Sarawak, Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines (Palawan), Thailand and Vietnam.

Dactylispa spinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Dactylispa
Species:	D. spinosa
Binomial name
Dactylispa spinosa (Weber, 1801)[1]
Synonyms
Hispa spinosa Weber, 1801 Hispa discoidalis Chapuis, 1877 Hispa nigripennis Ritsema, 1887 (not Motschulsky, 1861) Hispa cariana Gestro, 1890 Dactylispa sumatrana Weise, 1911 Dactylispa variabilis Maulik, 1919 Dactylispa tonkinea Uhmann, 1930 Hispa balyi Gestro, 1890

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Saccharum officinarum, Panicum palmifolium, Rottboellia exaltata, Zea mays, Imperata cylindrica, Saccharum spontaneum and Phragmites communis.^[2]