Abstract: The biology, host plant, larva, pupa and adult and other features of the Australian hispine beetle, Eurispa vittata Baly (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Hispinae) are described. The species is apparently monophagous on the native sedge, Gahnia sieberiana Kunth (Cyperaceae: Monocotyledonae) growing in heathlands in New South Wales. The larva of Eurispa differs from the larvae of other described Hispinae in the Australo-Papuan region by having a very slender body without lateral processes and in the shape of the pronotum and the caudal processes of the abdomen.

Co-authored with H. Takizawa

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