Species Plagiodera versicolora - Imported Willow Leaf Beetle

Classification · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Imported Willow Leaf Beetle - Plagiodera versicolora

blue beetle - unident - Plagiodera versicolora

Small shiny blue green bugs on a tree leaf - Plagiodera versicolora

Imported Willow Leaf Beetle - Plagiodera versicolora - Plagiodera versicolora

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 Plagiodera

Species versicolora (Imported Willow Leaf Beetle)

Food

Willow (Salixspp. ) and poplar (Populus spp.) leaves.

Remarks

Regarded as a pest (1).

Introduced from Europe, 1915.

Print References

(1)

Internet References

Forest pests

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by tom murray on 8 June, 2006 - 8:05pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 1 July, 2007 - 1:55pm

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