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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 » Microrhopala excavata

Species Microrhopala excavata

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
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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
Species excavata (Microrhopala excavata)
Other Common Names
Pitted Microrho-Chryso
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Original combination: Hispa excavata Oliver
Explanation of Names
cavata
cav, -a is Latin for a hollow, a cave
Numbers
9 spp in genus north of Mexico (1)
2 subspecies described for Microrhopala excavata
Identification
Specimen determined by E.G. Riley:
Range
AZ to FL to ME to MT and adjacent parts of Canada (1)
Food
Associated with Asteraceae (2)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno
2.Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occuring in the United States and Canada
By Shawn M. Clark, Douglas G. LeDoux, Terry N. Seeno, Edward G. Riley, Arthur L. Gilbert, and James M. Sullivan. 2004.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 12 January, 2006 - 2:18am
Last updated 21 February, 2009 - 4:34pm

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