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Species Paria quadrinotata

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Eumolpinae
Tribe Typophorini
No Taxon (Section Typophorites)
Genus Paria
Species quadrinotata (Paria quadrinotata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paria quadrinotata (Say, 1824)

Synoyms:
Colaspis quadrinotata Say, 1824
Metachroma melanura Melsheimer, 1847
Paria gilvipes Crotch, 1873
Colaspis infuscata LeConte, 1824
Food
Mostly walnut and hickory, but will feed on other plants such as hazel (Corylus americana), cherry (Prunus), and mountain ash (Sorbus sp.)