''Pachnephoptrus'' is a
genus of
leaf beetles in the subfamily
Eumolpinae. The genus includes four species; one of them, ''
P. weisei'', is distributed from the
Transcaucasus to
Central Asia, while the other three are found in the
Himalayas.
Species
* ''
Pachnephoptrus cashmirensis''
( Jacoby, 1900) –
Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
* ''
Pachnephoptrus indicus''
( Jacoby, 1895) – India (
Himachal Pradesh), Nepal
* ''
Pachnephoptrus squamosus
''Pachnephoptrus'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus includes four species; one of them, ''Pachnephoptrus weisei, P. weisei'', is distributed from the Transcaucasus to Central Asia, while the other three are found ...
''
(Bryant, 1923) – India (Himachal Pradesh,
West Bengal)
* ''
Pachnephoptrus weisei''
Reitter, 1892 – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Host plants
''P. weisei'' has been reported on plants of the genus ''
Astragalus'' (Fabaceae), while ''P. squamosus'' has been reported attacking young leaves of
pear trees in an orchard in
Shimla, India.
References
Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of Asia
Beetles of Europe
Taxa named by Edmund Reitter
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