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Genus Crioceris

Asparagus Beetle - Crioceris asparagi Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle - Crioceris duodecimpunctata Asparagus Beetle - Crioceris asparagi chrysomelid - Crioceris asparagi Spotted asparagus beetle - Crioceris duodecimpunctata Crioceris asparagi - Crioceris asparagi Crioceris duodecimpunctata (Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle) - Crioceris duodecimpunctata Spot - Crioceris duodecimpunctata
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.
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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