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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 » Calligrapha » Calligrapha serpentina

Species Calligrapha serpentina

Classification · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited
Beetle on Globe Mallow in Fort Davis, TX - Calligrapha serpentina Beetle on Globe Mallow in Fort Davis, TX - Calligrapha serpentina Zygogramma? - Calligrapha serpentina Zygogramma? - Calligrapha serpentina beetle - Calligrapha serpentina Calligrapha serpentina leaf beetle - Calligrapha serpentina Beetle sp. Madera canyon - 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
Genus Calligrapha
Species serpentina (Calligrapha serpentina)
Numbers
This genus of showy beetles contains more than 80 currently recognized species native to North and South America, with 38 species occurring north of Mexico (1)
Range
CA, AZ, NM, TX, Mexico to Central America (2)
Food
Reported from several species of Sphaeralcea (family Malvaceae) (3)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno
3.Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occuring in the United States and Canada
By Shawn M. Clark, Douglas G. LeDoux, Terry N. Seeno, Edward G. Riley, Arthur L. Gilbert, and James M. Sullivan. 2004.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 22 May, 2007 - 4:20am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 8 July, 2007 - 11:50am

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