Promecotheca caeruleipennis

Promecotheca caeruleipennis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Fiji, the Philippines, Samoa, the Solomon Islands and Tonga.

Promecotheca caeruleipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Promecotheca
Species:	P. caeruleipennis
Binomial name
Promecotheca caeruleipennis Blanchard, 1853
Synonyms
Promecotheca reichei Baly, 1869 Promecotheca lindingeri Aulmann, 1914

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7–8 mm. They are testaceous, with the posterior two-thirds of the elytra metallic blue-green.^[1]

Life history

The recorded host plants for this species are Cocos nucifera, Pritchardia pacifica and Livistona species.^[2]