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Genus Crioceris

Crioceris asparagi beetle - Crioceris duodecimpunctata Crioceris asparagi (Linnaeus) - Crioceris asparagi Crioceris duodecimpunctata ? - Crioceris duodecimpunctata Red Beetle on Packera glabella - Crioceris duodecimpunctata Multi-colored Bug in Garden - Crioceris asparagi Beetle 6mm - Crioceris duodecimpunctata Asparagus Beetle larva 1 - Crioceris asparagi
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 Criocerinae
Tribe Criocerini
Genus Crioceris
Explanation of Names
Crioceris Geoffroy 1762
Numbers
2 adventive spp. in our area(1), both in the nominate subgenus(2)
Range
Palearctic (native); across the US and so. Canada(1)
Food
host: Asparagus officinalis(2)
Works Cited
1.Introduced Leaf Beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 6: The Common Asparagus Beetle... and the Twelve-Spotted Asparagus Beetle...
LeSage, L., E.J. Dobesberger, and C.G. Majka. 2008. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 110(3):602-621.
2.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.