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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Cryptocephalus » Cupressi group (Cryptocephalus Cupressi group) » Cryptocephalus leucomelas

Species Cryptocephalus leucomelas

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited

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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 Cryptocephalinae (Case-bearing Leaf Beetles)

Tribe Cryptocephalini

Subtribe Cryptocephalina

Genus Cryptocephalus

No Taxon (Cupressi group)

Species leucomelas (Cryptocephalus leucomelas)

Explanation of Names

Cryptocephalus leucomelas Suffrian 1852

leucomelas - White-cheeked (1)

Size

4.6-5.8 mm (2)

Identification

Combined pronotal and elytral patterns are unique...

The color is too pale for C. castaneus and the basal elytral dark markings are less extensive than typical castaneus although you can find material with more extensive yellow/orange.

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2010

Range

e. US to CA (CA-FL-NJ-ND) - Map (3)(4), particularly common in Texas

Season

mostly June-July (BG data)

Food

Hosts: Populus, Salix (Salicaceae) (5)

Remarks

common at lights

See Also

Cryptocephalus castaneus LeConte

- Range: mostly CA

Det. Ken Schneider, 2010

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	The leaf beetles of Alabama Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays. 1972. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University.

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

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	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 john and jane balaban on 20 July, 2008 - 12:06pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 19 December, 2022 - 12:35pm

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