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Species Calligrapha pnirsa

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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 Chrysomelinae
Tribe Chrysomelini
Subtribe Doryphorina
Genus Calligrapha
No Taxon (subgenus Calligrapha)
Species pnirsa (Calligrapha pnirsa)
Other Common Names
Basswood Calligrapha
Explanation of Names
Calligrapha pnirsa Stål 1860
Range
scattered records ne NA (IN-NC-QC-MN) - Map (1)(2)
Life Cycle
hosts on American basswood (Tilia americana, Tiliaceae) (3)
Remarks
considered by VA to be a Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) (4)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.
4.Virginia "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN)