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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysomelini » Doryphorina » Calligrapha » subgenus Calligrapha (Calligrapha subgenus Calligrapha) » Calligrapha serpentina

Species Calligrapha serpentina

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Beetle on Globe Mallow in Fort Davis, TX - Calligrapha serpentina Calligrapha serpentina leaf beetle - Calligrapha serpentina Calligrapha serpentina (Rogers) - Calligrapha serpentina Calligrapha eggs, red eggs - Calligrapha serpentina Coleoptera-Chrysomelidae-Calligrapha serpentina - Calligrapha serpentina Calligrapha serpentina probable hairstreak caterpillars feeding on Globe Mallow (Sphaeralcea sp.) - Calligrapha serpentina
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Chrysomelinae
Tribe Chrysomelini
Subtribe Doryphorina
Genus Calligrapha
No Taxon (subgenus Calligrapha)
Species serpentina (Calligrapha serpentina)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb: Chrysomela serpentina Rogers, 1856
Identification
Range
CA-TX / C. Amer. (1)
Food
Reported from globemallows (Sphaeralcea spp., Malvaceae)(2)
Print References
Rogers, W.F. 1856. Synopsis of species of Chrysomela and allied genera inhabiting the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 29-39.
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno
2.Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occuring in the United States and Canada
By Shawn Clark, Douglas LeDoux, Terry Seeno, Edward Riley, Arthur Gilbert, and James Sullivan. 2004.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 22 May, 2007 - 4:20am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 May, 2011 - 5:40pm

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