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Gonioctena
Genus
Gonioctena
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
Paropsina
Genus
Gonioctena
Explanation of Names
Gonioctena
Chevrolat in Dejean 1836
Numbers
4 spp. in our area (all in the nominate subgenus) + dozens in the Old World, arranged in 10 subgenera
(
1
)
Range
in our area, Canada and n. US
(
1
)
Food
Feed on poplars and willows
Works Cited
1.
American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by
v belov
on 23 July, 2009 - 8:00pm
Last updated 15 March, 2013 - 6:54pm