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Subspecies Cryptocephalus sanguinicollis sanguinicollis

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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 Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Cryptocephalini
Subtribe Cryptocephalina
Genus Cryptocephalus
No Taxon (Arizonensis group)
Species sanguinicollis (Cryptocephalus sanguinicollis)
Subspecies sanguinicollis (Cryptocephalus sanguinicollis sanguinicollis)
Size
3.2 to 4.9 mm in length (1)
Identification
Its pronotum is orange to light or deep red. The elytra are dark brown to (usually) black with eight rows of punctures on each elytron. (1)
Range
Much of the western U.S. including, in California, Stanislaus, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Riverside and Santa Barbara counties. (1)
CA - UT - MT - WA (1)
Food
These leaf beetles live and feed on willow, blackberries, roses, strawberries, wild licorice and prunes. (1)
Remarks
This page was created based on the identification of this image by Michael C. Thomas, Jim Hogue at CSUN, and Michael Caterino.
Internet References
(Information referenced from this web page was written by Vanessa Gamero.)

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Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.