Fossispa

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Speciesbox | image = Fossispa_lutena.jpg | display_parents = 3 | parent_authority = Staines, 1989 | taxon = Fossispa lutena | authority = Staines, 1989 | synonyms = }} '''''Fossispa''''' is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, '''''Fossispa lutena''''', which is found in Guatemala, Jamaica and Mexico (Tamaulipas, Veracruz).<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355382194_Mexican_leaf_beetles_Coleoptera_Megalopodidae_Orsodacnidae_and_Chrysomelidae_new_records_and_checklist Mexican leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, and Chrysomelidae): new records and checklist]</ref>

==Biology== The foodplant is unknown, but adults have been collected from ''Sida'' species, including ''Sida acuta''.<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>

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Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Monotypic beetle genera Category:Beetles described in 1989 Category:Cassidinae Category:Taxa named by Charles L. Staines