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Genus Chrysomela

Skeletonizing Leaf Beetle - Chrysomela Chrysomelid - Chrysomela scripta UNIDENTIFIED LADYBUG-LIKE LARVA - Chrysomela Cottonwood Leaf Beetle - Chrysomela scripta 243606 - Chrysomela Cottonwood Leaf Beetle (Chrysomela scripta) - Chrysomela scripta Beetle - Chrysomela scripta Coccinellidae 2009-5b - Chrysomela knabi
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.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 10 January, 2006 - 9:37pm

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