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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Bassareus » Bassareus lituratus

Species Bassareus lituratus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Works Cited
Bassareus lituratus (Fabricius) - Bassareus lituratus beetle - Bassareus lituratus Subfamily Cryptocephalinae? - Bassareus lituratus Chrysomelidae? - Bassareus lituratus Leaf Beetle - Bassareus lituratus Leaf Beetle - Bassareus lituratus Chrysomelid - Bassareus lituratus Bassareus lituratus - male
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 Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Cryptocephalini
Subtribe Cryptocephalina
Genus Bassareus
Species lituratus (Bassareus lituratus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bassareus lituratus (Fabricius)
Orig. Comb: Cryptocephalus lituratus Fabricius, 1801
Explanation of Names
lituratus (L). 'erased, blurred' (1)
Identification
variable:
Range
e US (TX-FL-NY-WI) / Ont. - Map (2)(3)
Season
mostly: Apr-Jul (BG data)
Food
reported from a wide var. of mostly herbaceous plants (4)
Works Cited
1.Composition of scientific words
Brown R.W. 1956. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 882 pp.
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 18 April, 2008 - 9:07pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 5 December, 2019 - 1:13pm

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