{{short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Brachycoryna | species = longula | authority = Weise, 1907 }} '''''Brachycoryna longula''''' is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America,<ref name=itis/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=buglink/> where it has been recorded from the United States (Arizona, California, Nevada) and Mexico (Baja California).
==Description== Adults reach a length of about 2.25-3.1 mm. They have a dark metallic green head and the pronotum is yellow with a black line and sometimes other brownish-yellow markings. The elytron is reddish-yellow or yellow with brownish-yellow markings.<ref>{{Cite journal| title = A Revision of the genus Brachycoryna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae)| date = 1986| last1 = Staines | first1 = C. L. Jr.| journal = Insecta Mundi| volume = 1| issue = 4| pages = 231–241| issn = 0749-6737| url = https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1526&context=insectamundi}}</ref>
==Biology== The foodplant is unknown, but adults have been collected on ''Hymenoclea monogyra'', ''Ambrosia dumosa'' and ''Mimosa pigra''.<ref>{{cite web |last= Staines|first= C.L.|date= 2012|title= Hispines of the World.|url= https://idtools.org/beetles/hispines/|website= |location= |publisher= USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum.|access-date= August 26, 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Brachycoryna longula'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=719948 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | access-date=2019-09-22 }}</ref>
<ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Brachycoryna longula'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1049010 | website=GBIF | access-date=2019-09-22 }}</ref>
<ref name=buglink> {{Cite web| title=''Brachycoryna longula'' species Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/1326247 | website=BugGuide.net | access-date=2019-09-22 }}</ref> }}
==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite journal | title = A Revision of the genus Brachycoryna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae) | date = 1986 | last1 = Staines | first1 = C. L. Jr. | journal = Insecta Mundi | volume = 1| issue = 4| pages = 231–241 | issn = 0749-6737 | url = http://journals.fcla.edu/mundi/article/view/24599 }} * {{Cite book | title = A world catalogue of the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) | date = 1999 | last1 = Borowiec | first1 = Lech | publisher = Biologicae Silesiae | isbn = 978-83-909804-4-7 }} * {{Cite book | title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea | date = 2013 | editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I. | editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A. | publisher = Apollo Books | isbn = 978-90-04-26091-7 }} {{refend}}
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Category:Brachycoryna Category:Articles created by Qbugbot Category:Beetles described in 1907 Category:Taxa named by Julius Weise Category:Beetles of North America
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