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Species Pachybrachis cephalicus

Pachybrachis  - Pachybrachis cephalicus - male Pachybrachis  - Pachybrachis cephalicus - male Pachybrachis - Pachybrachis cephalicus
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 Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)
Tribe Cryptocephalini
Subtribe Pachybrachina
Genus Pachybrachis (Scriptured Leaf Beetles)
Species cephalicus (Pachybrachis cephalicus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pachybrachis cephalicus Fall, 1915
Identification
Variable in coloration. Examination of male aedeagus may be needed to separate from similar species.
Range
e US, Ont (ON-MA to GA-LA)
State/Province Records: (1)(2)
CAN: ON; USA: AL, AR, GA, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, SC, WV (mostly coastal states)
Food
Taken from Cinquefoil (Potentilla sp.) and strawberry (Fragaria sp.) (2)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Pachybrachis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae) of eastern Canada
Barney et al. 2013. ZooKeys 332: 95–175.