Pachnephoptrus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus includes five species; one of them, P. weisei, is distributed from the Transcaucasus to Central Asia, while the other four are found in the Himalayas.
Species
- Pachnephoptrus cashmirensis <small>(Jacoby, 1900)</small> â Kashmir
- Pachnephoptrus indicus <small>(Jacoby, 1895)</small> â India (Himachal Pradesh), Nepal
- Pachnephoptrus squamosus <small>(Bryant, 1923)</small> â India (Himachal Pradesh)
- Pachnephoptrus storozhenkoi <small>Moseyko, 2026</small> â India (Himachal Pradesh)
- Pachnephoptrus weisei <small>Reitter, 1892</small> â Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan
Species incertae sedis:
- Bromiodes squamosus var. brunneus <small>Papp, 1951</small> â India (West Bengal); not a variety of P. squamosus and probably belongs to another genus
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.
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