Basilepta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It includes over 300 described species, which are widely distributed in Asia and are most diverse in the tropics. A single species is known from Africa, Basilepta birungana.
Basilepta fulvipes is a pest of crops such as soybean, maize and bananas. Basilepta subcostata is a major pest of bananas and plantains in India, particularly in the northeast.
Species The following species are placed in the genus:
Basilepta abdominalis (Jacoby, 1908) – India (Assam), Nepal Basilepta acutangula (Jacoby, 1894) – Sumatra Basilepta affinis (Baly, 1867) – Aru Islands, New Guinea Basilepta aggregata (Jacoby, 1908) – Southern India (Nilgiris) Basilepta amboinensis (Baly, 1867) – Ambon Basilepta amamiensis Chûjô, 1957 – Ryukyu Islands (Amami Ōshima) Basilepta andamanensis (Jacoby, 1908) – Andaman Islands Basilepta andrewesi (Jacoby, 1903) – Southern India (Nilgiris) Basilepta angulicollis (Duvivier, 1892) – India (Sikkim) Basilepta antarala Maulik, 1935 – Sulawesi Basilepta anthracina (Baly, 1867) – Singapore Basilepta antiqua (Jacoby, 1908) – Southern India (Nilgiris) Basilepta apicalis (Baly, 1867) – Borneo (Sarawak) Basilepta apicicornis (Lefèvre, 1891) – Sumatra Basilepta apicipennis Chen, 1935 – Southern China Basilepta armata (Baly, 1867) – Borneo Basilepta aruensis (Jacoby, 1884) – Aru Islands Basilepta assimilis Weise, 1922 – Philippines Basilepta atripennis (Clark, 1865) – Peninsular Malaysia Basilepta atripes (Jacoby, 1896) – Sumatra Basilepta aureocuprea (Baly, 1867) – Borneo (Sarawak) Basilepta bacboensis Eroshkina, 1994 – Vietnam Basilepta bakeri Weise, 1922 – Philippines Basilepta balyi (Harold, 1877) – Japan, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Basilepta bengalensis (Duvivier, 1891) – Bengal, Myanmar Basilepta bicollis Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China (Yunnan) Basilepta bicolor (Lefèvre, 1893) – Vietnam Basilepta bicolorata Chen, 1940 – Southern China (Guangxi) Basilepta bicoloripennis (Pic, 1930) – Vietnam Basilepta bicoloripes (Pic, 1935): (homonym of B. bicoloripes (Pic, 1930)) – Vietnam Basilepta bidens Tan, 1988 – China (Xizang) Basilepta bimaculicollis (Jacoby, 1892) – Myanmar, Sumatra Basilepta binghami (Jacoby, 1908) – Southern India (Nilgiris) Basilepta binhana (Pic, 1930) – Southern China, India (Sikkim/Darjeeling), Nepal, Vietnam Basilepta binominata (Achard, 1914) – Southern India Basilepta binotata (Lefèvre, 1886) – Philippines Basilepta bipartita (Jacoby, 1896) – Sumatra Basilepta bipunctata (Jacoby, 1887) – Sri Lanka Basilepta bipustulata (Baly, 1867) – Borneo Basilepta birungana Weise, 1924 – East Africa (Virunga lowlands) Basilepta bistrigata (Jacoby, 1908) – Sri Lanka Basilepta bisulcata Chen, 1976 – China (Xizang) Basilepta bituberculata (Jacoby, 1887) – Sri Lanka Basilepta bohemani (Baly, 1864) – Borneo Basilepta borodinensis Kimoto, 1979 – Ryukyu Islands Basilepta brevicollis (Jacoby, 1884) – Sumatra Basilepta brunnea (Jacoby, 1896) – Myanmar Basilepta buonloica Eroshkina, 1994 – Vietnam Basilepta cardoni (Jacoby, 1900) – Bengal Basilepta castanea (Baly, 1867) – Sulawesi Basilepta chalcea (Jacoby, 1908) – India (Assam), Southwestern China (Yunnan) Basilepta chapaensis (Pic, 1930) – Vietnam Basilepta chapuisi (Jacoby, 1896) – Sumatra Basilepta chiangmaiensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – Thailand, Laos, Vietnam Basilepta clypeata (Jacoby, 1887) – Sri Lanka Basilepta concinnicollis (Baly, 1878) – Pakistan (Jhelum Valley), Bengal Basilepta concolor (Motschulsky, 1866) – Java Basilepta confusa (Clavareau, 1914) – Southern India Basilepta congregata (Jacoby, 1908) – India, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Southern China (Hainan) Basilepta consobrina Chen, 1940 – Southern China (Fujian, Guangxi) Basilepta convexa Tan, 1988 – China (Xizang) Basilepta convexicollis (Jacoby, 1908) – India (Assam) Basilepta cornutua Chûjô, 1956 – Taiwan Basilepta costata (Baly, 1864) – Borneo (Sarawak) Basilepta crassipes Chen, 1976 – China (Xizang) Basilepta cribricollis (Motschulsky, 1860) – China, Taiwan, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Russian Far East Basilepta cribricollis (Jacoby, 1908) (homonym of above) – Southern India (Nilgiris) Basilepta cribrithorax Chen, 1940 – China (Sichuan, Chongqing, Gansu) Basilepta cumingi (Baly, 1864) – Philippines (Luzon) Basilepta cupreata (Baly, 1867) – Borneo (Sarawak) Basilepta cupripennis (Baly, 1867) – Borneo (Sarawak) Basilepta cyanea (Lefèvre, 1891) – India (Sikkim) Basilepta cylindrica (Baly, 1864) – Borneo (Sarawak) Basilepta cyrtopus (Lefèvre, 1885) – Philippines (Luzon) Basilepta davidi (Lefèvre, 1877) – China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, South Korea Basilepta declivis Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China (Sichuan) Basilepta dembickyi Medvedev, 2005 – Northeast India (Meghalaya) Basilepta denticollis (Jacoby, 1892) – Bengal, Myanmar Basilepta deqenensis Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China (Yunnan) Basilepta dharwarensis (Jacoby, 1908) – Southern India Basilepta dhunchena Kimoto & Takizawa, 1981 – Nepal Basilepta dilaticornis (Jacoby, 1884) – Sumatra Basilepta dimidiaticornis (Jacoby, 1896) – Mentawai Islands Basilepta dimidiatipes (Jacoby, 1908) – Southern India (Nilgiris) Basilepta discicollis (Jacoby, 1895) – Southern India Basilepta diversipes (Baly, 1867) – Misool Basilepta djoui Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 – Southern China Basilepta dohrni (Jacoby, 1899) – Sumatra Basilepta dormeri (Baly, 1877) – Southern India Basilepta dubiosa (Jacoby, 1908) – Myanmar Basilepta duvivieri (Jacoby, 1908) – Myanmar Basilepta eakaoensis Eroshkina, 1994 – Vietnam Basilepta elegans Chûjô, 1956 – Taiwan Basilepta elegantula (Baly, 1867) – Sulawesi Basilepta elongata Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China (Yunnan) Basilepta eroshkinae Medvedev, 2009 – Vietnam Basilepta evanescens (Baly, 1867) – New Guinea Basilepta fabrei (Lefèvre, 1887) India (Sikkim/Darjeeling), Nepal, Pakistan, Myanmar, Vietnam Basilepta fairmairei (Jacoby, 1887) – Sri Lanka Basilepta feae (Jacoby, 1892) – Myanmar Basilepta fedorenkoi Medvedev, 2012 Basilepta femorata (Jacoby, 1908) – India (Sikkim, Assam) Basilepta flavescens (Motschulsky, 1866) – Bali, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Java Basilepta flavicaudis Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China (Yunnan) Basilepta flavolimbata (Jacoby, 1908) – Southern India (Nilgiris), Myanmar Basilepta forticornis Weise, 1922 – Philippines Basilepta foveicollis (Baly, 1864) – Sulawesi Basilepta fukienensis Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 – Southern China (Fujian) Basilepta fulva (Jacoby, 1908) Basilepta fulvescens Eroshkina, 1997 – Vietnam Basilepta fulvicornis (Jacoby, 1904) – Southern India (Nilgiris, Anaimalais) Basilepta fulvipes (Motschulsky, 1860) – Russian Far East, China, Mongolia, North, Korea South Korea, Japan, Taiwan Basilepta fulvofasciata (Jacoby, 1908) – India (Assam) Basilepta fulvotibialis (Jacoby, 1908) – Myanmar (Tanintharyi Region) Basilepta fuscolimbata Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China (Yunnan) Basilepta fyanensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – Vietnam Basilepta gemmata Weise, 1922 – Philippines Basilepta geniculata (Lefèvre, 1891) – Bengal, Southern India Basilepta gestroi (Jacoby, 1884) – Sumatra Basilepta gibbosa (Jacoby, 1890) – China (Hubei) Basilepta glabricollis (Jacoby, 1908) – Southern India Basilepta gracilipes (Jacoby, 1908) – Myanmar Basilepta gracilis Chen, 1935 – North Vietnam Basilepta granulosa Tan, 1988 – Southwestern China (Yunnan) Basilepta grossa Medvedev, 1995 – Philippines (Bucas Grande) Basilepta hampsoni (Jacoby, 1908) – Southern India (Nilgiris) Basilepta hattoriae Takizawa, 1983 – Northern India (Uttar Pradesh) Basilepta humeralis (Baly, 1867) – Borneo (Sarawak) Basilepta hirayamai (Chûjô, 1935) – Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, South Korea Basilepta hirticollis (Baly, 1874) – Japan Basilepta imitans (Jacoby, 1908) – India (Manipur) Basilepta impressipennis (Jacoby, 1887) – Sri Lanka Basilepta incerta (Pic, 1928) – Vietnam, Southwestern China (Sichuan) Basilepta inconspicua (Jacoby, 1908) – India (Assam) Basilepta indica (Jacoby, 1892) – India Basilepta instabilis (Jacoby, 1908) – Southern India Basilepta intacta (Jacoby, 1908) – India (Assam) Basilepta interrupta Medvedev, 2010 – North Vietnam Basilepta irregularis (Jacoby, 1900) – Myanmar Basilepta issikii Chûjô, 1956 – China (Chongqing), Taiwan Basilepta jacobyi (Lefèvre, 1884) – Java Basilepta jansoni (Baly, 1864) – Singapore Basilepta janthina (Lefèvre, 1885) – Philippines Basilepta javanensis (Baly, 1867) – Sumatra, Java Basilepta jeanvoinei (Pic, 1928) – Vietnam Basilepta kandyensis Kimoto, 2003 – Sri Lanka Basilepta kaszabi Lopatin, 1962 – Eastern China (Shanghai) Basilepta kaulbachi (Bryant, 1939) – China (Xizang) Basilepta korhongensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – Thailand Basilepta laeta Medvedev, 1992 – Nepal Basilepta laeta Eroshkina, 1994 (homonym of above) – Vietnam Basilepta laevicollis (Jacoby, 1884) – Sumatra Basilepta laevigata Tan, 1981 – China (Sichuan, Xizang) Basilepta laevis (Baly, 1867) – Borneo Basilepta lameyi (Lefèvre, 1893) – Vietnam Basilepta latefasciata (Jacoby, 1908) – Bengal Basilepta latericosta Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 – China (Xizang) Basilepta lateripunctata (Baly, 1867) – Singapore Basilepta latipennis (Pic, 1928) – Vietnam Basilepta leechi (Jacoby, 1888) – Southern China, Northern Vietnam Basilepta lefevrei (Jacoby, 1887) – Sri Lanka Basilepta lewisi (Jacoby, 1887) – Sri Lanka Basilepta livida Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – Thailand Basilepta longicornis (Jacoby, 1887) – Sri Lanka Basilepta longipennis (Pic, 1931) – Vietnam Basilepta longipes Baly, 1860 – Borneo Basilepta longitarsalis Tan, 1992 – China (Hunan) Basilepta luzonica Weise, 1922 – Philippines Basilepta maai Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – Thailand Basilepta maculiceps (Jacoby, 1908) – Southern India Basilepta maculipennis (Jacoby, 1908) – Southern India Basilepta magnicollis Tan, 1988 – China (Xizang) Basilepta maheensis (Jacoby, 1908) – Southern India (Malabar) Basilepta makiharai Kimoto, 2001 – Nepal Basilepta malayana Medvedev, 2016 – Peninsular Malaysia Basilepta manaliensis Shukla, 1960 – Northern India (Himachal Pradesh) Basilepta manii Shukla, 1960 – Northern India (Himachal Pradesh) Basilepta marginalis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – Thailand Basilepta marginata (Jacoby, 1884) – Java Basilepta martini (Lefèvre, 1885) – Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Southern China, Taiwan Basilepta medvedevi Eroshkina, 1997 – Vietnam Basilepta melanopus (Lefèvre, 1893) – Northern Vietnam, Southern China, Taiwan Basilepta mindanaica Medvedev, 2009 – Philippines (Mindanao) Basilepta mindorensis Medvedev, 1995 – Philippines (Mindoro) Basilepta minor (Pic, 1929) – Sumatra Basilepta minutipunctata Tan, 1988 – China (Xizang) Basilepta minutissima Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – Thailand Basilepta minuta (Jacoby, 1905) – New Guinea Basilepta miyatakei Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – Thailand Basilepta modesta (Jacoby, 1885) – Japan, Southern China (Fujian), Taiwan Basilepta modiglianii (Jacoby, 1896) – Sumatra Basilepta momeitensis (Jacoby, 1908) – Myanmar Basilepta montana (Jacoby, 1908) – Myanmar Basilepta morimotoi Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – Thailand Basilepta motschulskyi (Lefèvre, 1884) – Borneo Basilepta multicolor (Jacoby, 1894) – Borneo Basilepta multicostata (Jacoby, 1892) – Sumatra Basilepta multimaculata Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – Vietnam Basilepta musae (Bryant, 1938) – Peninsular Malaysia Basilepta napolovi Medvedev, 2015 – Vietnam Basilepta nala Takizawa, 1984 – Southern India (Kerala) Basilepta nigra (Baly, 1867) – Peninsular Malaysia Basilepta nigricollis Medvedev, 2015 – Nepal Basilepta nigricornis (Baly, 1864) – Sulawesi Basilepta nigripecta Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 – Southern China (Jiangxi) Basilepta nigripes (Baly, 1864) – Sumatra Basilepta nigrita (Baly, 1867) – Peninsular Malaysia Basilepta nigrita Medvedev, 1997 (homonym of above) – Nepal