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Platypria erinaceus
Species of beetle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Platypria (Platypria) erinaceus, is a species of leaf beetle native to India and Sri Lanka.[1][2]
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Description
Antenna thick, which is not extending beyond scutellum over pronotum.[3]
Biology
It is found in wide varieties of host plants including: Desmodium gangeticum, Erythrina, Pueraria tuberosa, Oryza sativa, Saccharum officinarum, Ziziphus jujuba, Ziziphus mauritiana and Ziziphus nummularia.[3][4]
It has observed that chalcid wasps lay their eggs on the late larval instars of the beetle.[3]
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