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Lefevrea leroyi

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Lefevrea leroyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Lefevrea
Species:
L. leroyi
Binomial name
Lefevrea leroyi
Burgeon, 1940

Lefevrea leroyi is a species of leaf beetle. It is distributed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[1] Sudan[2] and Ivory Coast.[3] It was first described by the Belgian entomologist Louis Jules Léon Burgeon [nl] in 1940. Host plants for the species include the aerial parts of Gramineae, and Combretum spp.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.
  3. ^ Selman, B.J. (1973). "Contribution à la connaissance de la faune entomologique de la Côte-d'Ivoire (J. Decelle, 1961-1964). 49. Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Eumolpinae". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 87 (2): 311–329.