Hispa

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title: "Hispa" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["chrysomelidae-genera", "cassidinae", "animal-taxa-named-by-carl-linnaeus", "hispa"] description: "Genus of beetles" topic_path: "general/chrysomelidae-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispa" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of beetles ::

| image = Hispa atra (Chrysomelidae), Ede, the Netherlands.jpg | image_caption = Hispa atra | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Hispa | authority = Linnaeus, 1767 | synonyms = Hispella Chapuis, 1875

Hispa is the type genus of leaf beetles in the tibe Hispini (subfamily Cassidinae). Species are recorded from Africa, the Palaearctic and Oriental realms.

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility includes:

• Hispa atra
• Hispa brachycera
• Hispa fulvispinosa
• Hispa ramosa
• Hispa stygia
• Hispa tarsata
• Hispa waiensis

Selected former species

• Hispa echidna (now in Platypria)
• Hispa mutica (now in Orthocerus)
• Hispa mystacina
• Hispa rubra

References

References

1. Linnaeus C (1767) ''Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae.'' Vol. I, No. 2, Ed. duodecima, reformata: 533-1327.
2. "Hispa - Encyclopedia of Life".
3. [https://www.gbif.org/species/4407831 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: genus ''Hispa'' Linnaeus] (retrieved 13 August 2025)

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