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Species Donacia porosicollis

Aquatic Leaf Beetle - Donacia porosicollis - 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 Donaciomima)
Species porosicollis (Donacia porosicollis)
Explanation of Names
Donacia porosicollis Lacordaire 1845
Range
transcontinental in the north (QC-BC to VA-WI)(1)
Food
hosts: Carex, Scirpus (Cyperaceae); also recorded on Juncus (Juncaceae) and Caltha palustris (Ranunculaceae)(2)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.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.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 22 March, 2016 - 11:22pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 9 March, 2017 - 11:11am

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