{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | genus= Probaenia | species = major | authority = Pic, 1927 | synonyms = }} '''''Probaenia major''''' is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Brazil.
==Description== Adults reach a length of about 10 mm. Adults are shiny reddish, the elytron is testaceous, with green spots at the scutellum and with blackish-green and green bands.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Pic|first1= M.|last2= |first2= |date= 1927|title= Contribution à l'étude du genre Probaenia Weise (Col. Hispidae)|url= https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_1927_num_32_16_27876|journal= Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France|volume= 32 |issue= 16|publisher= |pages= 244-248|doi= |access-date= September 9, 2025}}</ref>
==Biology== The food plant is unknown.<ref>{{cite web |last= Staines|first= C.L.|date= 2012|title= Hispines of the World: Tribe Chalepini|url= https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/chalepini2015.pdf|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:Beetles described in 1927 Category:Probaenia Category:Taxa named by Maurice Pic {{Cassidinae-stub}}