Subfamily Chrysomelinae

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

False Potato Beetle - Leptinotarsa juncta

black-spotted-red chrysomelid - Chrysomela knabi

Willow Leaf Beetle (Chrysomela interrupta)? - Chrysomela knabi

Australian Tortoise Beetle - Trachymela sloanei

UNIDENTIFIED LADYBUG-LIKE ADULT - Chrysomela

I thought it was a callig*raphy beetle - Calligrapha alni

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Chrysomelinae

Other Common Names

Broad-bodied Leaf Beetles

Size

3 to 14 mm. long.

Identification

"Convex, round, or oval, often brightly colored. Head partly inserted into prothorax (to the eyes). Eyes slightly emarginate. Antennae moderately long, clavate, insertions separated by width of frons. Pronotum at least slightly convex and nearly as wide basally as elytra; lateral margins defined. Procoxae transversely oval. Third tarsal segment usually entire. Elytra covering pygidium and with wide epipleura." Auburn University

Food

Both adults and larvae feed on foliage and flowers of a variety of plants.

Print References

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Internet References

Auburn University. Key to the Alabama Tribes of Chrysomelinae

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Beetles By Richard E. White

2.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 19 December, 2006 - 8:01pm

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