Lobispa

{{short description|Genus of leaf beetles from the Neotropical realm}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Lobispa | display_parents = 2 | authority = Staines, 2001<ref name="Staines2001">{{cite journal|first=C. L.|last=Staines|year=2001|title=A new genus and two new species of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from tropical America|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16279340|journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington|volume=103|issue=1|pages=98–102}}</ref> | type_species = ''Lobispa expansa'' | type_species_authority = Staines, 2001<ref name="Staines2001"/> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''Lobispa callosa'' * ''Lobispa expansa'' * ''Lobispa sentus'' }}

'''''Lobispa''''' is a genus of leaf beetles consisting of three species from Central America and northern South America. It is classified within the tribe Cubispini, which is placed within the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus superficially resembles the subfamily Hispinae (now included in Cassidinae).<ref name="Staines2001"/>

The genus name comes from ''lobus'' (Greek for "an elongated projection") plus ''-ispa'' from the subfamily name Hispinae.

==Species== There are three species included in ''Lobispa'':<ref name="Staines2001"/> * ''Lobispa callosa'' (Baly, 1885) – distributed from Costa Rica to Colombia * ''Lobispa expansa'' Staines, 2001 – distributed from Panama to Venezuela * ''Lobispa sentus'' Staines, 2001 – distributed from Costa Rica to Panama

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Category:Eumolpinae Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Beetles of Central America Category:Beetles of South America Category:Taxa named by Charles L. Staines