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Species Cryptocephalus schreibersii

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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 (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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