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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) » Eumolpinae » Typophorini » Graphops » Graphops curtipennis

Species Graphops curtipennis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Graphops sp.? - Graphops curtipennis Graphops curtipennis (F. E. Melsheimer) - Graphops curtipennis Beetle - Graphops curtipennis Leaf beetle 10.05.29 (1) - Graphops curtipennis Graphops curtipennis Graphops curtipennis (Melsheimer) - Graphops curtipennis Graphops curtipennis Graphops curtipennis
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 Eumolpinae
Tribe Typophorini
Genus Graphops
Species curtipennis (Graphops curtipennis)
Explanation of Names
Graphops curtipennis (Melsheimer 1847)
curtipennis = 'short-winged'
Range
e US (ME-FL to SD-TX) & ON - Map (1)(GBIF); a distinct subspecies in SC-FL-AL
Food
Reported from Hypericum (Clusiaceae) and other plants(2)
See Also
very similar to G. floridana(3)
Print References
Blake D.H. (1955) A study of LeConte’s species of the chrysomelid genus Graphops with descriptions of some new species. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. 113: 263-301, pls. 1-6.
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.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.
3.The leaf beetles of Alabama
Edward Balsbaugh and Kirby Hays. 1972. Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 21 February, 2009 - 10:54am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 26 May, 2022 - 4:34am

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