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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Aquatic Leaf Beetles (Donaciinae) » Donacia » subgenus Donacia (Donacia subgenus Donacia)

subgenus Donacia

Classification · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited
Beetle 06.28.2009 009 - Donacia Aquatic Leaf Beetle? - Donacia Donacia aquatic leaf beetle - Donacia Donacia edentata Schaeffer - Donacia edentata Donacia edentata Schaeffer - Donacia edentata Aquatic Leaf Beetle - Donacia leaf beetle - Donacia cincticornis - male Donacia hypoleuca - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Donaciinae (Aquatic Leaf Beetles)
Genus Donacia
No Taxon subgenus Donacia
Numbers
10 spp. in our area(1), ~50 total(2)
Range
in our area, eastern, with 1 sp. ranging to the west coast (BC‒CA)(1)
Food
hosts: dicotyledons (Brasenia, Nuphar, Nymphaea)(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.BioLib.cz
Contributed by v belov on 26 January, 2015 - 2:43pm
Last updated 26 February, 2024 - 6:51pm

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