Species Calligrapha suturella

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Calligrapha Beetle - Calligrapha suturella

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 Calligrapha)

Species suturella (Calligrapha suturella)

Explanation of Names

Calligrapha suturella Schaeffer 1933

suturella refers to the spot-pattern along the elytral suture

Size

8.0–9.2 mm (1)

Identification

Specimens like this, coming from NE North America can be found in many collections mingled with Calligrapha multipunctata, for they share the pale margins of pronotum and the lack of a diagnostic spot laterally on elytra. However, it is a different species: Calligrapha suturella Schaeffer, which we have postulated to be parthenogenetic. The most remarkable difference between both species (although not constant)is the fusion of sutural and subsutural longitudinal dark stripes on elytra (i.e., the stripes running along the junction of both elytra). Gomez-Zurita, 10 April, 2011

Range

ne. NA to NY-MN-MB (2)

Food

Willows - Salix spp. (Salicaceae) (1)

See Also

C. multipunctata bigsbyana, C. suturella, and C. philadelphica are similar, but differ in pale pronotal band and elytral markings (1)

Print References

Brown, W.J. 1945. Food-plants and distribution of the species of Calligrapha in Canada, with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Can. Entomol 1945. 77: 117–133.

Schaeffer, C. 1933. Short studies in the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). J. NY Entomol. Soc. 41: 457–480.

Works Cited

1.	Diagnosing an overlooked North American taxon: biological observations and mitochondrial insights on Calligrapha suturella... J. Gómez-Zurita, A.P. Vogler & D.J. Funk. 2004. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97(1): 28-36.

2.	New distribution records and biogeography of Calligrapha species in North America (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae) Gómez-Zurita J. 2005. Canadian Field-Naturalist 119: 88-100.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 February, 2009 - 12:00pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, v belov
Last updated 8 April, 2014 - 7:33pm

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