Lepropus ( Brachyaspistes ) apicatus ( Marshall 1916 )
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Lepropus ( Brachyaspistes ) apicatus ( Marshall 1916 ) |
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Lepropus ( Brachyaspistes) apicatus ( Marshall 1916) View in CoL
Astycus apicatus Marshall 1916: 146 View in CoL . [ Type locality: Ceylon —Bogawantalawa, Dikova, Maskeliya, Trincomali; Type in the British Museum]
Sri Lankan records. Marshall(1916: 146 —Bogawantalawa, Dikova,Maskeliya,Trincomali); Poorani& Ramamurthy
(1997: 47—Bogawantalawa).
Distribution. Sri Lanka.
Biological notes. This species caused serious damage to the leaves of young tea plants ( Marshall 1916). Light (1928)
reported it as attacking two-year-old tea stumps, feeding on buds and young shoots and causing severe defoliation.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Lepropus ( Brachyaspistes ) apicatus ( Marshall 1916 )
| Wijesinghe, Dilshara D. & Hong, Ki-Jeong 2025 |
Astycus apicatus
| Marshall, G. A. K. 1916: 146 |
Sri
| Marshall, G. A. K. 1916: 146 |