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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Chalepini » Microrhopala

Genus Microrhopala

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Goldenrod Leaf Miner - Microrhopala vittata Microrhopala vittata - Goldenrod Leaf Miner - Microrhopala vittata Microrhopala xerene? - Microrhopala xerene Beetle on goldenrod bunch gall - Microrhopala vittata beetle laying an egg - Microrhopala vittata Hispine Leaf Beetle -- Microrhopala xerene - Microrhopala xerene Microrhopala vittata larva - ventral - Microrhopala vittata Microrhopala sp. - Microrhopala
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 Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)
Tribe Chalepini
Genus Microrhopala
Explanation of Names
Greek micr, -o 'small' + rhopal- 'club'(1)
Numbers
9 spp. in our area, ~20 total(2)(3)
Range
across Canada and US south to Columbia(3)
Food
Associated with Asteraceae(3)
Print References
Clark, S.M. 1983. A revision of the genus Microrhopala (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in America north of Mexico. The Great Basin Naturalist 43(4): 597-617.
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
By Donald J. Borror
2.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno
3.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 10 January, 2006 - 5:25pm
Additional contributions by Matthew Roth, Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 18 November, 2010 - 1:00pm

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