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Genus Chrysomela

Leaf Beetle, orange with black spots - Chrysomela Cottonwood Leaf Beetle - Chrysomela scripta odd beetle larva - Chrysomela Leaf beetle - Chrysomela scripta Red-headed Texas Chrysomela? - Chrysomela texana Leaf beetle - Chrysomela interrupta Beetle - Chrysomela scripta Beetle 4 - Chrysomela scripta - male - female
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
Genus Chrysomela
Other Common Names
Cottonwood, Popular, Willow, and Aspen Leaf Beetles (1)
Numbers
Sixteen species of this Holarctic genus occur in the US and Canada (2)
Range
Holarctic genus (2)
Food
Primarily Salix spp. and Populus spp. - Salicaceae (3)
Internet References
Chrysomela knabi - Texas Beetles
Works Cited
1.Introduction to North American Beetles
By Charles S. Papp
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
3.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.