Sumitrosis pallescens (Baley, 1885)
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Patridge Pea hosts adults and larvae. Sensitive Pea is known host adults.

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Sumitrosis pallescens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Sumitrosis
Species:
S. pallescens
Binomial name
Sumitrosis pallescens
(Baly, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Chalepus pallescens Baly, 1885
  • Chalepus jansoni Baly, 1885

Sumitrosis pallescens is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.[1][2] It is found in Central America and North America,[2][3][4][5] where it has been recorded from the United States (Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia), Costa Rica, Mexico (Guerrero, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz),[6] Nicaragua and Panama.

Description

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Adults reach a length of about 3.1-3.5 mm. The pronotum and elytra are pale yellow, the latter with a some piceous spots towards the apex.[7]

Biology

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The recorded food plant is Chamaecrista fasciculata, while adults have been collected on Chamaecrista nictitans.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Sumitrosis pallescens Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Sumitrosis pallescens Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. ^ White, Richard E. (1968). A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
  4. ^ "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology. Mike Quinn. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Staines C.L. (2011). "Catalog of the hispines of the World"". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  6. ^ Mexican leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, and Chrysomelidae): new records and checklist
  7. ^ Butte, Janardhan G. (1969). "Revision of the tribe Chalepini of America North of Mexico IV. Genus Sumitrosis Butte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 77 (1): 25–53. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  8. ^ Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  • Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290.

Further reading

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  • Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

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