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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 » Tinctus group (Cryptocephalus Tinctus group) » Cryptocephalus schreibersii

Species Cryptocephalus schreibersii

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Cryptocephalus schreibersii Suffrian - Cryptocephalus schreibersii

Leaf Beetle - Cryptocephalus schreibersii

Cryptocephalinae - Cryptocephalus schreibersii - female

Coleoptera - Cryptocephalus schreibersii

Cryptocephalus - Cryptocephalus schreibersii

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 (Tinctus group)

Species schreibersii (Cryptocephalus schreibersii)

Other Common Names

Pine Cryptocephalus

Explanation of Names

Cryptocephalus schreibersii Suffrian 1852

Size

3.0-4.5 mm (1)

Identification

Elytra dull creamy yellow to dull orange with humerus and punctures darker; usually with no markings, sometimes with three vague to rather distinct, more or less reddish, transverse undulating bands (1)

Range

e US (MS-FL-NY-WI) - Map (2)(3)

Food

Pinus rigida (Pinaceae) and other pines (4)

Remarks

White (1968) examined 70 specimens in the USNM (1)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

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

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

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	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 7 May, 2009 - 10:11pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Edward Ruden
Last updated 19 January, 2024 - 2:59pm

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