Anisostena kansana Schaeffer

Eiseman, Charles S., Feldman, Tracy S. & Palmer, Michael W., 2024, New larval host records, parasitoid records, and DNA barcoding data for North American leaf-mining leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea), Zootaxa 5549 (1), pp. 1-60 : 7

Anisostena kansana Schaeffer

( Fig. 124 )

Reared specimen. OKLAHOMA: Osage Co., Tallgrass Prairie Preserve , 3.vi.2017, em. 9.vii.2017, M.W. Palmer, ex Tripsacum dactyloides , # CSE3936 (1 adult, MLBM) .

Host. Poaceae : Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.

Biology. In the single preserved mine, the egg is deposited in an excavation in the upper leaf surface, adjacent to the margin, and is not covered with any foreign substance. The mine extends for 64 mm along the leaf margin, mostly toward the leaf apex but also extending 20 mm toward the leaf base from the egg, and is up to 5 mm wide. Frass is scattered throughout the mine in irregular particles.

Notes. Riley & Enns (1982) reported taking adults, larvae, and pupae of Anisostena kansana from blotch mines in leaves of Tripsacum dactyloides in Missouri in July, but no further details have been available until now.

Figures

FIGURES 122–140. Chalepini adults; 122: Anisostena californica; 123: A. funesta; 124: A. kansana; 125: A. lecontii; 126: A. cf. perspicua; 127: Baliosus californicus; 128: B. nervosus (reared from Alnus serrulata); 129: B. nervosus with DNA barcode differing from that of previous specimen by>10% (reared from Tilia americana); 130: Brachycoryna hardyi; 131: B. pumila; 132: Chalepus bicolor; 133: C. walshii walshii; 134: Glyphuroplata pluto; 135: Microrhopala excavata cyanea; 136: M. excavata excavata; 137: M. laetula; 138: same; 139: M. rubrolineata; 140: M. vittata; 141: M. xerene.