Argopistes rufus Chen, 1934

Japanese name: ヘリグロテントウノミハムシ

English common names are not assigned automatically on this site. Scientific names are used as the primary identifier when available, and Japanese names are shown only as local reference names.

Overview

Scientific name: Argopistes rufus Chen, 1934
Japanese name: ヘリグロテントウノミハムシ
Group: Leaf Beetle
Family: Chrysomelidae (ハムシ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 7
Adult season: 4〜11月

Summary

Argopistes rufus Chen, 1934 is documented here as a leaf beetle associated with plants recorded in Japan.

The scientific name is used as the primary identifier because a stable English common name is not always available for Japanese taxa.

Family: Chrysomelidae (ハムシ科).

Adult season in the source dataset: 4〜11月.

Recorded larval host plants

Osmanthus fragrans
Japanese name: モクセイ
Ligustrum obtusifolium
Japanese name: イボタノキ
マルバヒイラギ
Japanese name: マルバヒイラギ
Osmanthus fortunei
Japanese name: ヒイラギモクセイ
Osmanthus heterophyllus
Japanese name: ヒイラギ
Ligustrum japonicum
Japanese name: ネズミモチ
Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus f. aurantiacus
Japanese name: キンモクセイ

Original source note

分類根拠: Lee, Chiang & Suenaga (2024), ZooKeys 1215:151–183. DOI: 10.3897 / zookeys.1215.134871