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Species Calligrapha disrupta

Zygogramma disrupta - Calligrapha disrupta Disrupted Ragweed Leaf Beetle - Calligrapha disrupta Ragweed Couple - Calligrapha disrupta - male - female Ragweed Couple - Calligrapha disrupta - male - female Leaf Beetle - Calligrapha disrupta Zygogramma disrupta (Rogers) - Calligrapha disrupta Leaf beetle - Calligrapha disrupta Leaf beetle - Calligrapha disrupta
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 Chrysomelinae
Tribe Chrysomelini
Subtribe Doryphorina
Genus Calligrapha
No Taxon (subgenus Zygogramma)
Species disrupta (Calligrapha disrupta)
Other Common Names
Disrupted Leaf Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
≡Zygogramma disrupta (still current name on GBIF(1))
Explanation of Names
Calligrapha disrupta (Rogers 1856)
Range
sc. US (AZ-LA-NE-CO) / Mex. - Map (2)(1), mostly s.TX-s.KS
Food
Ragweed (Ambrosia, Asteraceae)(3)
Print References
Rogers, W.F. 1856. Synopsis of species of Chrysomela and allied genera inhabiting the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 29-39.
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
2.Notes on Calligrapha Chevrolat (Subgenus Zygogramma Chevrolat) and Tritaenia Motschulsky (Col.: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)
Clark S.M., Douglas H.B., Cavan D.J. 2024. Col. Bull. 78: 281‒295.
3.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 tom murray on 19 August, 2007 - 8:18pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 March, 2025 - 6:59pm

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