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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) » The Casebearers (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalus » Fourteen-spotted Leaf Beetle (Cryptocephalus guttulatus)

Species Cryptocephalus guttulatus - Fourteen-spotted Leaf Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Spotted Beetle - Cryptocephalus guttulatus

Chrysomelid - maybe Cryptocephalus? - Cryptocephalus guttulatus

Cryptocephalus guttulatus Olivier - Cryptocephalus guttulatus

Fourteen-spotted Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus guttulatus

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 Cryptocephalinae (The Casebearers)

Tribe Cryptocephalini

Genus Cryptocephalus

Species guttulatus (Fourteen-spotted Leaf Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

not: guttatulus

Numbers

77 spp. in genus north of Mexico (1)

Size

3.5-5.5 mm

3.9 to 6.0 (based on 146 specimens) (2)

Identification

Small, brown elytra, 7 variable yellow spots on each.

The combination of a pale orange pronotum and dark elytra with pale cream spots is distinctive. … John R. Watts, 8 July, 2008

Range

Eastern North America, west to Colorado (3)

Habitat

Forests?

Season

June-July (North Carolina), May-August (Alabama)

Food

Recorded from eight plant families (4)

See Also

Cryptocephalus guttulatellus is similar, but has larger spots, is smaller overall, and is restricted to Texas. (3)

Cryptocephalus guttulatellus Schaeffer

Det. E. G. Riley 2009

(Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Cryptocephalini)

Print References

Dillon, p. 673, plate LXX #11 (5)

Brimley, p. 222 (6)

Balsbaugh & Hays, p. 47 (7)

White, R.E. 1968. A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera). USNM Bulletin 290. 124 pp.

Internet References

Leaf Beetles of Great Smoky Mountains

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

2.	A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera). By Richard E. White. 1968.

3.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico By Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno

4.	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.

5.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence

6.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

7.	The leaf beetles of Alabama By Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays

Contributed by Cotinis on 24 October, 2004 - 11:05am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn
Last updated 13 April, 2009 - 9:18pm

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