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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 » Lexiphanes » Lexiphanes saponatus

Species Lexiphanes saponatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Works Cited
Beetle - Lexiphanes saponatus Chrysomelidae, dorsal - Lexiphanes saponatus 9024040 Eumoplid - Lexiphanes saponatus Beetle - Lexiphanes saponatus Lexiphanes saponatus (Fabricius) - Lexiphanes saponatus 3022396 beetle - Lexiphanes saponatus - male - female Chrysomelidae - Lexiphanes saponatus Lexiphanes saponatus
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
Genus Lexiphanes
Species saponatus (Lexiphanes saponatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lexiphanes saponatus (Fabricius)
Orig. Comb: Cryptocephalus saponatus Fabricius 1801
Size
3 mm
Range
e NA (TX-FL-NB-AB) (1) (only Lexiphanes sp. in Canada)
Food
larvae asso. w/ [i]https://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Chamaedaphne%20calyculata.png]Chamaedaphne calyculata[/url] (Ericaceae), adults apparently polyphagous having been asso. w/ 20 plant families (2)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.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 v belov on 27 June, 2009 - 8:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 10 April, 2024 - 10:12am

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