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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Criocerinae » Criocerini » Crioceris

Genus Crioceris

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited
Asparagus beetle [Crioceris asparagi] - Crioceris asparagi C. asparagi eggs - Crioceris asparagi Asparagus Beetle - Crioceris asparagi Asparagus Beetle - Crioceris asparagi Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle - Crioceris duodecimpunctata Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle - Crioceris duodecimpunctata Asparagus Beetle - Crioceris asparagi Chrysomelidae, Asparagus Beetle, dorsal - Crioceris asparagi
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned 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.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 25 March, 2005 - 3:12pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 March, 2013 - 4:31pm

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