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Oncocephala promontorii
Oncocephala promontorii is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
From the article Oncocephala promontorii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 3.8–5 mm. The head, pronotum, elytra and antennae are charcoal black with a light to dark brownish tinge, while the legs are dark brownish with a black tinge.
In human culture
The recorded host plants for this species are Ipomoea batatas, Ipomoea purpurea, Mina lobata, Ipomoea cairica, Ipomoea coccinea, Ipomoea ficifolia, Ipomoea obscura, Ipomoea wightii, Convolvulus arvensis and Convolvulus farinosus.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Life history”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 347776.