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Species Phaedon viridis

Phaedon viridis F. E. Melsheimer - Phaedon viridis Phaedon viridis F. E. Melsheimer - Phaedon viridis Phaedon viridis F. E. Melsheimer - Phaedon viridis 825W16 - Phaedon viridis - female Phaedon viridis
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 Chrysomelina
Genus Phaedon
No Taxon (subgenus Phaedon)
Species viridis (Phaedon viridis)
Other Common Names
watercress leaf beetle (WCLB)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phaedon viridis F. E. Melsheimer, 1847
Numbers
8 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Identification

Det. E.G. Riley, 1996
Range
e. NA (TX-FL-NB-SK) - Map (1)(2), most records sc US
Food
Brassicaceae (3)
See Also
Phaedon desotonis Balsbaugh
- Range: se US
Print References
Melsheimer, F.E. 1847. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3: 158-181.
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.