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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) » Criocerinae » Criocerini » Crioceris » Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle (Crioceris duodecimpunctata)

Species Crioceris duodecimpunctata - Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Crioceris duodecimpunctata Crioceris duodecimpunctata eggs - Crioceris duodecimpunctata Crioceris duodecimpunctata Chrysomelidae - Leaf Beetles - Crioceris duodecimpunctata Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle - Crioceris duodecimpunctata Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle - Crioceris duodecimpunctata Crioceris duodecimpunctata C. duodecimpunctata - Crioceris duodecimpunctata
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 Criocerinae
Tribe Criocerini
Genus Crioceris
Species duodecimpunctata (Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle)
Other Common Names
Spotted Asparagus Beetle
Explanation of Names
Author: Linnaeus
Size
Adult 5-6mm, larva 7-8mm.
Range
Native to the entire Palaearctic Region (e. to Korea)(1); introduced to NA (first reported ca. 1881 in MD) and now widespread in the US and so. Canada(2)
Food
on Asparagus(1)
Life Cycle
2 generations per year.
Internet References
HYPP Zoology
Works Cited
1.Chrysomelidae: The Leaf Beetles of Europe and the Mediterranean Subregion (Checklist and Iconography), by Lech Borowiec
2.Introduced Leaf Beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 6: The Common Asparagus Beetle... and the Twelve-Spotted Asparagus Beetle...
By LeSage, L., E.J. Dobesberger, and C.G. Majka
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 11 May, 2006 - 5:54pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 14 January, 2011 - 10:18am

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