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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 » Snowi group (Cryptocephalus Snowi group) » Cryptocephalus cribripennis

Species Cryptocephalus cribripennis

Cryptocephalus cribripennis J. L. LeConte - Cryptocephalus cribripennis

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 (Snowi group)

Species cribripennis (Cryptocephalus cribripennis)

Other Common Names

Prominent Punctate Cryptocephalus

Explanation of Names

Cryptocephalus cribripennis J. L. LeConte 1880

cribripennis (L). 'sieve-wing' (1)

Size

Length: 4.8 to 6.2 mm (2)

Identification

elytra yellow, with very large distant black punctures. (3)

The elytral punctures are largest and sparsest in cribripennis LeConte; in most species, the punctures are distinctly smaller and denser. (2)

Det. E. G. Riley, 2010

Range

w. to se. TX / n. Mex. - Map (4)(5)(6), most common along the TX coast

The 64 specimens in the USNM examined by White (1968) are from southern Texas. (2)

Food

Polyphagous (7)

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1880. Short studies of North American Coleoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 8: 163–218. (3)

Sundman, J.A. 1965. Checklist and description of a new species of the genus Cryptocephalus in Texas (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). The Southwestern Naturalist 10(1): 1-8.

White, R.E. 1968. A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera). USNM Bulletin 290. 124 pp. (2)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

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

2.	A review of the genus Cryptocephalus in America north of Mexico (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera). White, R.E. 1968. USNM Bulletin 290. 124 pp.

3.	Short studies of North American Coleoptera. LeConte, J.L. 1880. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 8: 163-218.

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

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

6.	iNaturalist

7.	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 Mike Quinn on 15 February, 2009 - 8:07pm
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden
Last updated 28 July, 2025 - 10:53am

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