Aslamidium capense (Herbst)

Flowers, Wills & Chaboo, Caroline S., 2009, Novel host records of some cassidine leaf beetles from Ecuador (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), Insecta Mundi 2009 (95), pp. 1-8 : 5

Aslamidium capense (Herbst) ( Figure 7–8 )

Collecting data. Ecuador, Pastaza Province: near Puyo, 3–VIII–2008, R.W. Flowers, J. Calles. Host plant. Calathea sp. (Marantaceae) . Two to three adults were found per leaf on numerous leaves, but no larvae were present. This is the first host record for this species.

Figures

Figure 7–13. Aslamidium and their Marantaceae hosts in Ecuador. 7) Aslamidium capense adult (Body length ca. 6mm). 8) Feeding damage of A. capense. 9) EETP technicians R. Troya and J. Cedeño under a mature Calathea lutea. 10) Calathea majestica (with author R.W. Flowers). 11) Local house with roof made of Calathea and Carludovica leaves. 12) Aslamidium semicirculare adults (Body length ca. 5 mm) feeding on young C. lutea leaf. 13) Underside of leaf of C. majestica damaged by beetle chewing.