# Leptispa

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{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles}}
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| taxon = Leptispa
| authority = [Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly), 1858<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=838155|title=Leptispa|website= Integrated Taxonomic Information System|access-date=2025-10-15}}</ref>
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*''Leptomorpha'' <small>Germar, 1842</small>
*''Parallelispa'' <small>Fairmaire, 1884</small>
*''Leptispa (Paradownesia)'' <small>Gestro, 1899</small>
*''Lepthispa'' <small>Weise, 1911</small>
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'''''Leptispa''''' is a genus of [beetles](/source/beetles) belonging to the family [Chrysomelidae](/source/Chrysomelidae).<ref>{{cite web |last= Staines|first= C.L.|date= 2012|title= Hispines of the World: Tribe Leptispini|url= https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/leptispini2015.pdf|website= |location= |publisher= USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum.|access-date= October 15, 2025}}</ref>

==Species==
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*''[Leptispa abdominalis](/source/Leptispa_abdominalis)'' <small>Baly, 1858</small>
*''[Leptispa allardi](/source/Leptispa_allardi)'' <small>Baly, 1890</small>
*''[Leptispa anceyi](/source/Leptispa_anceyi)'' <small>(Pic, 1924)</small>
*''[Leptispa angolensis](/source/Leptispa_angolensis)'' <small>Pic, 1936</small>
*''[Leptispa angulata](/source/Leptispa_angulata)'' <small>Uhmann, 1954</small>
*''[Leptispa angustata](/source/Leptispa_angustata)'' <small>Pic, 1925</small>
*''[Leptispa angustior](/source/Leptispa_angustior)'' <small>Pic, 1951</small>
*''[Leptispa anu](/source/Leptispa_anu)'' <small>Basu, 1999</small>
*''[Leptispa arundina](/source/Leptispa_arundina)'' <small>Maulik, 1937</small>
*''[Leptispa atra](/source/Leptispa_atra)'' <small>Gestro, 1917</small>
*''[Leptispa bambusae](/source/Leptispa_bambusae)'' <small>Voronova and Zajtsev, 1982</small>
*''[Leptispa bengalensis](/source/Leptispa_bengalensis)'' <small>Takizawa, 1989</small>
*''[Leptispa bicolor](/source/Leptispa_bicolor)'' <small>Pic, 1929</small>
*''[Leptispa bicornis](/source/Leptispa_bicornis)'' <small>Spaeth, 1933</small>
*''[Leptispa bifoveolata](/source/Leptispa_bifoveolata)'' <small>Pic, 1951</small>
*''[Leptispa bouchardi](/source/Leptispa_bouchardi)'' <small>(Gestro, 1906)</small>
*''[Leptispa clavareuai](/source/Leptispa_clavareuai)'' <small>Weise, 1902</small>
*''[Leptispa collaris](/source/Leptispa_collaris)'' <small>Chen and Yu, 1961</small>
*''[Leptispa collarti](/source/Leptispa_collarti)'' <small>Uhmann, 1936</small>
*''[Leptispa cornuta](/source/Leptispa_cornuta)'' <small>Uhmann, 1936</small>
*''[Leptispa denticulata](/source/Leptispa_denticulata)'' <small>Achard, 1919</small>
*''[Leptispa distincta](/source/Leptispa_distincta)'' <small>(Gestro, 1908)</small>
*''[Leptispa donckieri](/source/Leptispa_donckieri)'' <small>Pic, 1925</small>
*''[Leptispa filiformis](/source/Leptispa_filiformis)'' <small>(Germar, 1842)</small>
*''[Leptispa frontalis](/source/Leptispa_frontalis)'' <small>Weise, 1903</small>
*''[Leptispa godwini](/source/Leptispa_godwini)'' <small>Baly, 1869</small>
*''[Leptispa gracilis](/source/Leptispa_gracilis)'' <small>Péringuey, 1898</small>
*''[Leptispa graminum](/source/Leptispa_graminum)'' <small>Gestro, 1906</small>
*''[Leptispa grandis](/source/Leptispa_grandis)'' <small>Pic, 1937</small>
*''[Leptispa hova](/source/Leptispa_hova)'' <small>(Gestro, 1908)</small>
*''[Leptispa impressa](/source/Leptispa_impressa)'' <small>Uhmann, 1939</small>
*''[Leptispa impressicollis](/source/Leptispa_impressicollis)'' <small>Pic, 1939</small>
*''[Leptispa impressithorax](/source/Leptispa_impressithorax)'' <small>Pic, 1953</small>
*''[Leptispa inculta](/source/Leptispa_inculta)'' <small>Gestro, 1908</small>
*''[Leptispa intermedia](/source/Leptispa_intermedia)'' <small>Uhmann, 1949</small>
*''[Leptispa irregularis](/source/Leptispa_irregularis)'' <small>Pic, 1951</small>
*''[Leptispa kanistha](/source/Leptispa_kanistha)'' <small>Basu, 1999</small>
*''[Leptispa krishna](/source/Leptispa_krishna)'' <small>Basu, 1999</small>
*''[Leptispa latifrons](/source/Leptispa_latifrons)'' <small>Weise, 1904</small>
*''[Leptispa latior](/source/Leptispa_latior)'' <small>Pic, 1925</small>
*''[Leptispa longipennis](/source/Leptispa_longipennis)'' <small>(Gestro, 1890)</small>
*''[Leptispa longissima](/source/Leptispa_longissima)'' <small>Pic, 1924</small>
*''[Leptispa madagassa](/source/Leptispa_madagassa)'' <small>Weise, 1909</small>
*''[Leptispa magna](/source/Leptispa_magna)'' <small>Chen and Yu, 1961</small>
*''[Leptispa malaisei](/source/Leptispa_malaisei)'' <small>Uhmann, 1939</small>
*''[Leptispa medvedevi](/source/Leptispa_medvedevi)'' <small>Voronova & Zaitsev, 1982</small>
*''[Leptispa miwai](/source/Leptispa_miwai)'' <small>Chûjô, 1933</small>
*''[Leptispa miyamotoi](/source/Leptispa_miyamotoi)'' <small>Kimoto, 1957</small>
*''[Leptispa natalensis](/source/Leptispa_natalensis)'' <small>Baly, 1858</small>
*''[Leptispa nigra](/source/Leptispa_nigra)'' <small>Weise, 1904</small>
*''[Leptispa notaticollis](/source/Leptispa_notaticollis)'' <small>Pic, 1925</small>
*''[Leptispa parallela](/source/Leptispa_parallela)'' <small>(Gestro, 1899)</small>
*''[Leptispa perforata](/source/Leptispa_perforata)'' <small>Pic, 1925</small>
*''[Leptispa perroti](/source/Leptispa_perroti)'' <small>(Gestro, 1908)</small>
*''[Leptispa pici](/source/Leptispa_pici)'' <small>Uhmann, 1958</small>
*''[Leptispa piriformis](/source/Leptispa_piriformis)'' <small>Uhmann, 1960</small>
*''[Leptispa punctata](/source/Leptispa_punctata)'' <small>Uhmann, 1954</small>
*''[Leptispa pygmaea](/source/Leptispa_pygmaea)'' <small>Baly, 1858</small>
*''[Leptispa quadraticollis](/source/Leptispa_quadraticollis)'' <small>(Fairmaire, 1884)</small>
*''[Leptispa ruandana](/source/Leptispa_ruandana)'' <small>Uhmann, 1942</small>
*''[Leptispa rufithorax](/source/Leptispa_rufithorax)'' <small>Maulik, 1919</small>
*''[Leptispa rugifrons](/source/Leptispa_rugifrons)'' <small>Uhmann, 1938</small>
*''[Leptispa samkirna](/source/Leptispa_samkirna)'' <small>Maulik, 1919</small>
*''[Leptispa sebakuena](/source/Leptispa_sebakuena)'' <small>Péringuey, 1908</small>
*''[Leptispa sobrina](/source/Leptispa_sobrina)'' <small>Péringuey, 1908</small>
*''[Leptispa spiculata](/source/Leptispa_spiculata)'' <small>Demaux, 1973</small>
*''[Leptispa stigmata](/source/Leptispa_stigmata)'' <small>Uhmann, 1964</small>
*''[Leptispa subangustata](/source/Leptispa_subangustata)'' <small>Pic, 1953</small>
*''[Leptispa taguchii](/source/Leptispa_taguchii)'' <small>Chûjô, 1956</small>
*''[Leptispa tonkinea](/source/Leptispa_tonkinea)'' <small>Pic, 1929</small>
*''[Leptispa viridis](/source/Leptispa_viridis)'' <small>Gressitt, 1950</small>
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==Selected former species==
*''[Leptispa bicoloripennis](/source/Leptispa_bicoloripennis)'' <small>Voronova and Zajtzev, 1982</small>

==References==
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Category:Taxa named by Joseph Sugar Baly
Category:Chrysomelidae genera
Category:Leptispa

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