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Species Microrhopala rubrolineata

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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 Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)

Tribe Chalepini

Genus Microrhopala

Species rubrolineata (Microrhopala rubrolineata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Microrhopala rubrolineata (Mannerheim)

Orig. Comb: Odontota rubrolineata Mannerheim 1843

Numbers

4 named subspp. (1)

Range

CA to w. TX / Mex. - Map (1)(2)

Food

asso. w/ Asteraceae (3)

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

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 Joyce Gross on 14 July, 2008 - 8:08pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 24 December, 2022 - 5:26pm

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