Basilepta
Basilepta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It includes over 300 described species, which are widely distributed in Asia and are most diverse in the tropics. A single species is known from Africa, Basilepta birungana.
Basilepta fulvipes is a pest of crops such as soybean, maize and bananas. Basilepta subcostata is a major pest of bananas and plantains in India, particularly in the northeast.
Species
The following species are placed in the genus:Basilepta abdominalis – India, NepalBasilepta acutangula – SumatraBasilepta affinis – Aru Islands, New GuineaBasilepta aggregata – Southern India Basilepta amboinensis – AmbonBasilepta amamiensis Chûjô, 1957 – Ryukyu Islands Basilepta andamanensis – Andaman IslandsBasilepta andrewesi – Southern India Basilepta angulicollis – India Basilepta antarala Maulik, 1935 – SulawesiBasilepta anthracina – SingaporeBasilepta antiqua – Southern India Basilepta apicalis – Borneo Basilepta apicicornis – SumatraBasilepta apicipennis Chen, 1935 – Southern ChinaBasilepta armata – BorneoBasilepta aruensis – Aru IslandsBasilepta assimilis Weise, 1922 – PhilippinesBasilepta atripennis – Peninsular MalaysiaBasilepta atripes – SumatraBasilepta aureocuprea – Borneo Basilepta bacboensis Eroshkina, 1994 – VietnamBasilepta bakeri Weise, 1922 – PhilippinesBasilepta balyi – Japan, Kuril Islands, SakhalinBasilepta bengalensis – Bengal, MyanmarBasilepta bicollis Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China Basilepta bicolor – VietnamBasilepta bicolorata Chen, 1940 – Southern China Basilepta bicoloripennis – VietnamBasilepta bicoloripes : – VietnamBasilepta bidens Tan, 1988 – China Basilepta bimaculicollis – Myanmar, SumatraBasilepta binghami – Southern India Basilepta binhana – Southern China, India, Nepal, VietnamBasilepta binominata – Southern IndiaBasilepta binotata – PhilippinesBasilepta bipartita – SumatraBasilepta bipunctata – Sri LankaBasilepta bipustulata – BorneoBasilepta birungana Weise, 1924 – East Africa Basilepta bistrigata – Sri LankaBasilepta bisulcata Chen, 1976 – China Basilepta bituberculata – Sri LankaBasilepta bohemani – BorneoBasilepta borodinensis Kimoto, 1979 – Ryukyu IslandsBasilepta brevicollis – SumatraBasilepta brunnea – MyanmarBasilepta buonloica Eroshkina, 1994 – VietnamBasilepta cardoni – BengalBasilepta castanea – SulawesiBasilepta chalcea – India, Southwestern China Basilepta chapaensis – VietnamBasilepta chapuisi – SumatraBasilepta chiangmaiensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – Thailand, Laos, VietnamBasilepta clypeata – Sri LankaBasilepta concinnicollis – Pakistan, BengalBasilepta concolor – JavaBasilepta confusa – Southern IndiaBasilepta congregata – India, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Southern China Basilepta consobrina Chen, 1940 – Southern China Basilepta convexa Tan, 1988 – China Basilepta convexicollis – India Basilepta cornutua Chûjô, 1956 – TaiwanBasilepta costata – Borneo Basilepta crassipes Chen, 1976 – China Basilepta cribricollis – China, Taiwan, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Russian Far EastBasilepta cribricollis – Southern India Basilepta cribrithorax Chen, 1940 – China Basilepta cumingi – Philippines Basilepta cupreata – Borneo Basilepta cupripennis – Borneo Basilepta cyanea – India Basilepta cylindrica – Borneo Basilepta cyrtopus – Philippines Basilepta davidi – China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, South KoreaBasilepta declivis Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China Basilepta dembickyi Medvedev, 2005 – Northeast India Basilepta denticollis – Bengal, MyanmarBasilepta deqenensis Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China Basilepta dharwarensis – Southern IndiaBasilepta dhunchena Kimoto & Takizawa, 1981 – NepalBasilepta dilaticornis – SumatraBasilepta dimidiaticornis – Mentawai IslandsBasilepta dimidiatipes – Southern India Basilepta discicollis – Southern IndiaBasilepta diversipes – MisoolBasilepta djoui Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 – Southern ChinaBasilepta dohrni – SumatraBasilepta dormeri – Southern IndiaBasilepta dubiosa – MyanmarBasilepta duvivieri – MyanmarBasilepta eakaoensis Eroshkina, 1994 – VietnamBasilepta elegans Chûjô, 1956 – TaiwanBasilepta elegantula – SulawesiBasilepta elongata Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China Basilepta eroshkinae Medvedev, 2009 – VietnamBasilepta evanescens – New GuineaBasilepta fabrei India, Nepal, Pakistan, Myanmar, VietnamBasilepta fairmairei – Sri LankaBasilepta feae – MyanmarBasilepta fedorenkoi Medvedev, 2012Basilepta femorata – India Basilepta flavescens – Bali, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, JavaBasilepta flavicaudis Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China Basilepta flavolimbata – Southern India, MyanmarBasilepta forticornis Weise, 1922 – PhilippinesBasilepta foveicollis – SulawesiBasilepta fukienensis Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 – Southern China Basilepta fulva Basilepta fulvescens Eroshkina, 1997 – VietnamBasilepta fulvicornis – Southern India Basilepta fulvipes – Russian Far East, China, Mongolia, North, Korea South Korea, Japan, TaiwanBasilepta fulvofasciata – India Basilepta fulvotibialis – Myanmar Basilepta fuscolimbata Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China Basilepta fyanensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – VietnamBasilepta gemmata Weise, 1922 – PhilippinesBasilepta geniculata – Bengal, Southern IndiaBasilepta gestroi – SumatraBasilepta gibbosa – China Basilepta glabricollis – Southern IndiaBasilepta gracilipes – MyanmarBasilepta gracilis Chen, 1935 – North VietnamBasilepta granulosa Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China Basilepta grossa Medvedev, 1995 – Philippines Basilepta hampsoni – Southern India Basilepta hattoriae Takizawa, 1983 – Northern India Basilepta humeralis – Borneo Basilepta hirayamai – Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, South KoreaBasilepta hirticollis – JapanBasilepta imitans – India Basilepta impressipennis – Sri LankaBasilepta incerta – Vietnam, Southwestern China Basilepta inconspicua – India Basilepta indica – IndiaBasilepta instabilis – Southern IndiaBasilepta intacta – India Basilepta interrupta Medvedev, 2010 – North VietnamBasilepta irregularis – MyanmarBasilepta issikii Chûjô, 1956 – China, TaiwanBasilepta jacobyi – JavaBasilepta jansoni – SingaporeBasilepta janthina – PhilippinesBasilepta javanensis – Sumatra, JavaBasilepta jeanvoinei – VietnamBasilepta kandyensis Kimoto, 2003 – Sri LankaBasilepta kaszabi Lopatin, 1962 – Eastern China Basilepta kaulbachi – China Basilepta korhongensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – ThailandBasilepta laeta Medvedev, 1992 – NepalBasilepta laeta Eroshkina, 1994 – VietnamBasilepta laevicollis – SumatraBasilepta laevigata Tan, 1981 – China Basilepta laevis – BorneoBasilepta lameyi – VietnamBasilepta latefasciata – BengalBasilepta latericosta Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 – China Basilepta lateripunctata – SingaporeBasilepta latipennis – VietnamBasilepta leechi – Southern China, Northern VietnamBasilepta lefevrei – Sri LankaBasilepta lewisi – Sri LankaBasilepta livida Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – ThailandBasilepta longicornis – Sri LankaBasilepta longipennis – VietnamBasilepta longipes Baly, 1860 – BorneoBasilepta longitarsalis Tan, 1992 – China Basilepta luzonica Weise, 1922 – PhilippinesBasilepta maai Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – ThailandBasilepta maculiceps – Southern IndiaBasilepta maculipennis – Southern IndiaBasilepta magnicollis Tan, 1988 – China Basilepta maheensis – Southern India Basilepta makiharai Kimoto, 2001 – NepalBasilepta malayana Medvedev, 2016 – Peninsular MalaysiaBasilepta manaliensis Shukla, 1960 – Northern India Basilepta manii Shukla, 1960 – Northern India Basilepta marginalis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – ThailandBasilepta marginata – JavaBasilepta martini – Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Southern China, TaiwanBasilepta medvedevi Eroshkina, 1997 – VietnamBasilepta melanopus – Northern Vietnam, Southern China, TaiwanBasilepta mindanaica Medvedev, 2009 – Philippines Basilepta mindorensis Medvedev, 1995 – Philippines Basilepta minor – SumatraBasilepta minutipunctata Tan, 1988 – China Basilepta minutissima Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – ThailandBasilepta minuta – New GuineaBasilepta miyatakei Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – ThailandBasilepta modesta – Japan, Southern China, TaiwanBasilepta modiglianii – SumatraBasilepta momeitensis – MyanmarBasilepta montana – MyanmarBasilepta morimotoi Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – ThailandBasilepta motschulskyi – BorneoBasilepta multicolor – BorneoBasilepta multicostata – SumatraBasilepta multimaculata Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – VietnamBasilepta musae – Peninsular MalaysiaBasilepta napolovi Medvedev, 2015 – VietnamBasilepta nala Takizawa, 1984 – Southern India Basilepta nigra – Peninsular MalaysiaBasilepta nigricollis Medvedev, 2015 – NepalBasilepta nigricornis – SulawesiBasilepta nigripecta Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 – Southern China Basilepta nigripes – SumatraBasilepta nigrita – Peninsular MalaysiaBasilepta nigrita Medvedev, 1997 – NepalBasilepta nigritarsis – SumatraBasilepta nigroaenea – SulawesiBasilepta nigrobimarginata – Southern India, Myanmar Basilepta nigrocincta – MyanmarBasilepta nigrofasciata – Bengal, MyanmarBasilepta nigrolineata – Southern IndiaBasilepta nigromaculata – SumatraBasilepta nigromarginata – Bali, SumatraBasilepta nigrosuturata – SumatraBasilepta nigroviridis – SumatraBasilepta nilgiriensis – Southern India Basilepta nitida – Borneo Basilepta nobilitata – Southern India Basilepta notabilis Chen, 1935 – Laos or CambodiaBasilepta nyalamensis Tan, 1981 – China Basilepta oberthuri – Southern China Basilepta obliterata – Sri LankaBasilepta oblonga – Sri LankaBasilepta oblongopunctata – Southern India Basilepta obscuromaculata – Southern India Basilepta orientalis – China Basilepta ornatissima – New GuineaBasilepta ornata – Southern IndiaBasilepta ovalis Chen, 1940 – China Basilepta pacholatkoi Medvedev, 2005 – Northeast India Basilepta palawanica Weise, 1922 – PhilippinesBasilepta pallida – BorneoBasilepta pallidicolor – JavaBasilepta pallidipes – New GuineaBasilepta pallidula – China, North Korea, South Korea, JapanBasilepta parvula – SumatraBasilepta pectoralis – Southwestern China Basilepta philippinensis – PhilippinesBasilepta picea – BorneoBasilepta piceipes – New GuineaBasilepta piceomaculata – BorneoBasilepta pici Eroshkina, 1994 – VietnamBasilepta picimane – IndiaBasilepta picturata – Sri LankaBasilepta picta – Aru Islands, New GuineaBasilepta pinguis Chen, 1940 – Southern China Basilepta placida – BorneoBasilepta plagiosa – China, Pakistan, India Basilepta plicata Basilepta polita Weise, 1926 – SumatraBasilepta pretiosa – India Basilepta proxima – Borneo Basilepta pseudobeccarii Eroshkina, 1997 – VietnamBasilepta pubicollis – IndiaBasilepta pubiventris Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China Basilepta pulchella – WaigeoBasilepta puncticollis – India, Nepal, Myanmar, North Vietnam, Southern ChinaBasilepta punctifrons An, 1988 – South KoreaBasilepta punctostriata Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 – Southern China Basilepta purpureofasciata – New GuineaBasilepta pusilla – IndiaBasilepta quadrifasciata – India, NepalBasilepta quadrimaculata – VietnamBasilepta quadrinotata – JavaBasilepta quercicola Takizawa, 2017 – Borneo Basilepta regularis Tan, 1981 – China Basilepta remota Tan, 1984 – Southwestern China Basilepta riedeli Medvedev, 2015 – Northern India Basilepta rondoni Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – LaosBasilepta rotundicollis – SumatraBasilepta rubimaculata Tan, 1988 – China Basilepta ruficollis – Japan, China, TaiwanBasilepta rugosa – Borneo Basilepta scabrosa – Borneo Basilepta schawalleri Medvedev, 1992 – NepalBasilepta scutellaris Chen, 1963 – China Basilepta semicaerulea – MyanmarBasilepta semicostata – SumatraBasilepta semiglabrata – MyanmarBasilepta semilaeva – MyanmarBasilepta semipurpurea – MyanmarBasilepta semirufa – VietnamBasilepta semistriata – MyanmarBasilepta semperi – PhilippinesBasilepta separata – India, NepalBasilepta severa Weise, 1922 – PhilippinesBasilepta sikkimensis – India, NepalBasilepta simplex – Bali, JavaBasilepta sinara Weise, 1922 – East ChinaBasilepta speciosa – VietnamBasilepta spenceri Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – ThailandBasilepta splendens – India, NepalBasilepta splendida Weise, 1922 – PhilippinesBasilepta staudingeri – Peninsular MalaysiaBasilepta stigmosa – JavaBasilepta strigicollis – SulawesiBasilepta subcostata – India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Southwestern China Basilepta subdepressa – MyanmarBasilepta sublaevipennis – MyanmarBasilepta sublateralis – TaiwanBasilepta subpunctata – Northern China Basilepta subruficollis Tan, 1993 – Southwestern China Basilepta subtuberosa Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China Basilepta sulawesiana Medvedev, 2009 – SulawesiBasilepta sumatrensis – Sumatra, JavaBasilepta suturalis – Sri LankaBasilepta sylhetensis – India Basilepta tavoyensis – MyanmarBasilepta terminata – India Basilepta thoracica – PhilippinesBasilepta tibialis – BorneoBasilepta triangularis – Sri LankaBasilepta tricarinata Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China Basilepta tricolor – Thailand, Laos, VietnamBasilepta tristis Medvedev, 2015 – NepalBasilepta trivittata – BorneoBasilepta tuberculata – SulawesiBasilepta uenoi Nakane, 1958 – JapanBasilepta uniformis – Sri LankaBasilepta unipunctata – Southern India Basilepta variabilis – India, Bengal, NepalBasilepta varians Chûjô, 1956 – Southern China, TaiwanBasilepta varicolor – Thailand, Vietnam, Southern China, Taiwan, JapanBasilepta varipennis – SumatraBasilepta violaceofasciata – MyanmarBasilepta violacea – SulawesiBasilepta virendri Shukla, 1960 – Northern India Basilepta viridiaenea – SulawesiBasilepta viridicyanea Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – VietnamBasilepta viridiornata – HalmaheraBasilepta viridipennis – India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Peninsular Malaysia, SumatraBasilepta viridis – VietnamBasilepta viridissima – SumatraBasilepta vittipennis – SumatraBasilepta wallacei – BorneoBasilepta wallardiensis – Southern IndiaBasilepta waterhousei – IndiaBasilepta weigeli Medvedev, 2015 – SulawesiBasilepta weisei – Bengal, Southern India, PakistanBasilepta weixiensis Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China Basilepta xanthopus – Philippines, New GuineaBasilepta yangsoensis Chen, 1940 – Southern China Basilepta yimnae Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 – Southern ChinaSpecies moved to Parascela:Basilepta rugipennis Tan, 1988Nodostoma hirsutum Jacoby, 1908Nodostoma tuberosum Jacoby, 1887
Species moved to Cleorina:Basilepta bella : synonym of Cleorina aenomicans Basilepta bhamoensis : synonym of Cleorina sculpturata Basilepta capitata : synonym of Cleorina sculpturata Basilepta sculpturata
Synonyms:Basilepta aenomicans Chûjô, 1956: synonym of Basilepta varicolor Basilepta anchoralis : synonym of Basilepta pubicollis Basilepta beccarii : synonym of Basilepta flavescens Basilepta bicoloripes : synonym of Basilepta fulvipes Basilepta bicolorata Chûjô, 1956 : synonym of Basilepta varians Chûjô, 1956Basilepta chinensis : synonym of Basilepta fulvipes Basilepta consimilis Chûjô, 1956: synonym of Basilepta varians Chûjô, 1956Basilepta cyanipennis : synonym of Basilepta subcostata Basilepta dorunga Aslam, 1968 : synonym of Basilepta varians Chûjô, 1956Basilepta femorata : synonym of Basilepta splendens Basilepta frontalis : synonym of Basilepta viridipennis Basilepta gigantea Chûjô, 1938: synonym of Basilepta modesta Basilepta harmandi : synonym of Basilepta tricolor Basilepta haroldi : synonym of Basilepta viridipennis Basilepta ikomai Chûjô, 1961: synonym of Basilepta nigrofasciata Basilepta kumatai Kimoto & Takizawa, 1973: synonym of Basilepta binhana Basilepta laeviuscula : synonym of Basilepta pallidula Basilepta limbata : synonym of Basilepta puncticollis Basilepta nigriventris : synonym of Basilepta puncticollis Basilepta obscura : synonym of Basilepta subcostata Basilepta occipitalis : synonym of Basilepta viridipennis Basilepta sakaii Takizawa, 1987: synonym of Basilepta subcostata Basilepta taiwana Chûjô, 1956: synonym of Basilepta varians Chûjô, 1956
Renamed species:Basilepta bella Eroshkina, 1997: renamed to Basilepta eroshkinae Medvedev, 2009Basilepta lateralis : renamed to Basilepta sublateralis Basilepta lateripunctata : renamed to Basilepta vittipennis Basilepta orientalis : renamed to Basilepta confusa Basilepta pallidicornis Medvedev, 1995: renamed to Basilepta mindanaica Medvedev, 2009Basilepta puncticollis : renamed to Basilepta subpunctata Basilepta thoracica : renamed to ''Basilepta binominata''