# Fossispa

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{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
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| image = Fossispa_lutena.jpg
| display_parents = 3
| parent_authority = [Staines](/source/Charles_L._Staines), 1989
| taxon = Fossispa lutena
| authority = Staines, 1989
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'''''Fossispa''''' is a genus of [leaf beetle](/source/leaf_beetle)s in the [family](/source/family_(taxonomy)) [Chrysomelidae](/source/Chrysomelidae). It is monotypic, being represented by the single [species](/source/species), '''''Fossispa lutena''''', which is found in [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala), [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica) and [Mexico](/source/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](/source/Sida_(plant))'' species, including ''[Sida acuta](/source/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>

==References==
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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

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