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Subspecies Calligrapha californica californica

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 Chrysomelinae

Tribe Chrysomelini

Subtribe Doryphorina

Genus Calligrapha

No Taxon (subgenus Bidensomela)

Species californica (Calligrapha californica)

Subspecies californica (Calligrapha californica californica)

Food

Host plants are Coreopsis, Bidens and Ambrosia - all composites.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 5 July, 2008 - 11:04am

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