Leptispa filiformis

Leptispa filiformis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in southern Europe France (Corsica), Greece (Crete), Italy (mainland, Sardinia and Sicily), Portugal, Spain, Turkey, northern Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) and the Near East (Palestine, Israel).^[2]

Leptispa filiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Leptispa
Species:	L. filiformis
Binomial name
Leptispa filiformis (Germar, 1842)[1]
Synonyms
Leptomorpha filiformis Germar, 1842

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Dactylis glomerata, Phragmites australis and Scirpus species.^[3]