Pachnephoptrus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus includes five species; one of them, P. weisei, is distributed from the Transcaucasus to Central Asia, while the other four are found in the Himalayas.
Species Pachnephoptrus cashmirensis (Jacoby, 1900) – Kashmir Pachnephoptrus indicus (Jacoby, 1895) – India (Himachal Pradesh), Nepal Pachnephoptrus squamosus (Bryant, 1923) – India (Himachal Pradesh) Pachnephoptrus storozhenkoi Moseyko, 2026 – India (Himachal Pradesh) Pachnephoptrus weisei Reitter, 1892 – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan
Species incertae sedis: Bromiodes squamosus var. brunneus Papp, 1951 – India (West Bengal); not a variety of P. squamosus and probably belongs to another genus
Host plants P. weisei has been reported on plants of the genus Astragalus (Fabaceae), while P. squamosus has been reported attacking young leaves of pear trees in an orchard in Shimla, India.
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