Aslamidium coca

{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | genus= Aslamidium | species = coca | authority = Borowiec, 1998<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Sekerka |first1= L. |last2= |first2= |date= 2014|title= Review of Imatidiini genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae).|url= https://www.aemnp.eu/data/article-1502/1483-54_1_257.pdf|journal= Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae |volume= 54|issue=1 |publisher= |pages= 257–314|doi= |access-date= September 7, 2025}}</ref> | synonyms = }} '''''Aslamidium coca''''' is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Ecuador.<ref>{{cite web |last= Staines|first= C.L.|date= 2012|title= Hispines of the World: Tribe Imatidiini|url= https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/imatidiini2015k.pdf|website= |location= |publisher= USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum.|access-date= August 26, 2025}}</ref>

==Description== Adults reach a length of about 6.8 mm. They have a pale yellow pronotum. The elytron is also pale yellow, but with a black pattern consisting of small dots, a Y-shaped spot, a triangular spot and a transverse spot.

==Etymology== The species is named after both the coca shrub and Coca village in Napo District (Ecuador).<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Borowiec |first1= L. |last2= |first2= |date= 1998|title= Four new species of Aslamidium Borowiec, with description of Neoaslamidium new subgenus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae).|url= http://www.cassidae.uni.wroc.pl/aslamidium.pdf|journal= Genus |volume= 9|issue=3 |publisher= |pages= 367–374|doi= |access-date= September 7, 2025}}</ref>

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Category:Beetles described in 1998 Category:Aslamidium Category:Beetles of Ecuador