Agasta (beetle)

Agasta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae distributed in South China and Indo-Malayan region.[1]

Agasta
Agasta formosa, West Bengal, India
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Agasta

Hope, 1840
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Species

Two species are included in the genus:[1]

  • Agasta annamica Kimoto & Gressitt, 1981 โ€“ Vietnam
  • Agasta formosa Hope, 1840 โ€“ China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Burma, India, Indonesia

References

  1. Ge, Siqin; Daccordi, Mauro; Yang, Xingke (2008). "Revision of the Genus Agasta Hope (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)". Entomological News. 119 (4): 375โ€“388. doi:10.3157/0013-872X-119.4.375. S2CID 86563354.


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