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Genus Derospidea

7mm yellow and black beetle - Derospidea brevicollis Trirhabda ? - Derospidea brevicollis - female Derospidea ornata (Schaeffer) - Derospidea ornata beetle - Derospidea brevicollis beetle - Derospidea brevicollis Unknown Leaf Beetle - Derospidea brevicollis Tamarisk or Saltcedar Beetle? - Derospidea ornata Derospidea brevicollis? - Derospidea brevicollis
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 Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
Tribe Galerucini
No Taxon (Section Coelomerites)
Genus Derospidea
Explanation of Names
Derospidea Blake 1931
Numbers
3 spp., of which 2 in our area(1)
Range
se. US north to MA & KS, west to TX; Mexico(1)
Food
on Rutaceae (Citrus, Zanthoxylum)(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by tom murray on 17 July, 2007 - 5:53am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 31 January, 2013 - 4:09pm

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