Colasposoma sellatum

Colasposoma sellatum is a species of leaf beetle from Australia and Papua New Guinea, described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878. In Australia, it is found around Darwin in the Northern Territory, in the north-east of Queensland and on the Torres Strait Islands. It is the only member of the genus Colasposoma found in Australia, where it is known as a pest of sweet potatoes.[3]

Colasposoma sellatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Colasposoma
Subgenus: Colasposoma (Colasposoma)
Species:
C. sellatum
Binomial name
Colasposoma sellatum
Baly, 1878[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Colasposoma barbatum Harold, 1879
  • Colasposoma regulare Jacoby, 1885

Description

Adults are between 6.2 and 9.2 mm in length, and are strongly metallic in appearance. They are generally coloured green or blue, rarely coppery or purple, though they frequently have a different colour along the elytral suture or lateral margins.[3]

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References
  1. Baly, J. S. (1878). "Description of New Species and Genera of Eumolpidæ" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 14 (75): 246–265. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1878.tb01834.x.
  2. Jacoby, M. (1881). "Descriptions of new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1881 (2): 439–450. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1881.tb01300.x.
  3. Reid, C.A.M.; Storey, R.I. (1993). "Redescription of adult and larva of Colasposoma sellatum Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae): a pest of sweet potato in Australia". Journal of Natural History. 27 (3): 669–681. doi:10.1080/00222939300770391.


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