Trichispa
Sign in to saveTrichispa is a monotypic genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. The only species is Trichispa sericea. The species is found in Southern Africa, where it has been recorded from Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zaire.
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Trichispa is a monotypic genus of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. The only species is Trichispa sericea. The species is found in Southern Africa, where it has been recorded from Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zaire.
==Life history== The recorded host plants for this species are Oryza sativa, Chloris virgata, Echinochloa holubii, Eragrostis aethiopica, Eragrostis heteromera, Digitaria zeyheri and Diplachne fusca.